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ORANGE COUNTY LAND USE PLAN <br /> HILLSBOROUGH TOWNSHIP COMPONENT <br /> TOWNSHIP PROFILE SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS <br /> The major growth and development center in Hillsborough Township is the <br /> Town of Hillsborough, located at the Township's geographic center. The <br /> Town, including its planning jurisdiction divide the Township into northern <br /> and southern sections. Located generally south of Interstate 85, the <br /> southern section is influenced to some degree by the urbanizing area of <br /> Chapel Hill and Carrboro because of the presence of both N. C. Highway 86 <br /> routes connecting this part of the Township with those Towns. This level <br /> of influence will significantly increase if Interstate 40 is built along <br /> the correctly proposed corridor. Access to Chapel Hill and Carrboro as <br /> well as to the Research Triangle Park would be upgraded, perhaps making <br /> Hillsborough Township a more attractive pla:efor commuters to reside. <br /> However, this attractiveness may be mitigated in the future by either the <br /> scanty or high costs of gasoline. Regardless of this situation, the Town <br /> of Hillsborough as it grows in population and area, remains the dominate <br /> urban influence in this area of the County. <br /> Social-Economic <br /> The 1980 U. S. Census preliminary count for Hillsborough Township of 8523 <br /> represents 11 .2% of the total population of Orange County. The current <br /> population is a 45.6% increase over the 1970 population of 5855. This <br /> represents an average annual growth over the past ten years of 4.56%. The <br /> preliminary count for the Town of Hillsborough is 2620, which means that <br /> the 69% of the people in Hillsborough Township live outside the corporate <br /> limits of the Town. Development patterns indicate that a large portion of <br /> this non-corporate area population does live in proximity to the corporate <br />