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ORANGE COUNTY LAND USE PLAN CHEEKS TOWNSHIP COMPONENT ----- TOWNSHIP PROFILE SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Cheeks Township lies to the west Of the Town of Hillsborough and is divided by the transportation corridor made up of US 70, Interstate 85 and the Southern Railway lines. This corridor serves, in effect, as a focus for development in the Township with the greater population densities occurring in areas near these highways and rail lines. The small , unincorporated village of Efland is the place where much of the population concentration exist, outside of the portion of Mebane that extends into Cheeks Township. Most of the Township north and south of the transportation corridor is rural in charac- ter with agriculture constituting the major land use. Social-Economic, The 1980 U. S. Census preliminary count for Cheeks Township is 4762, representing a 33.4% increase from 1970. The number of dwelling units increased at a faster rate during this same period, moving from 1076 units in 1970 to 1691 units in 1980, a 57.2 percentage increase. A related trend is the average household size which decreased from 3.35 persons per household in 1970 to 3.02 persons in 1980. The small household size parallels a nationwide trend toward smaller families. The rapid growth of Cheeks Township during the 1970's is in contrast to the virtually unchanged population count between 1960 and 1970. Much of this new growth is in the form of non-farm, residential development, housing people that work for local industries or work in Mebane or Hillsborough. The unincorporated village of Efland is the focal point for most of the growth occurring in the central portion of the Township. Efland has several commercial uses, including a small shopping area on US 70 which contains a post office and retail stores. There are an estimated 500 to 600 persons in Efland.