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092 <br /> 3. 10 ENO TOWNSHIP <br /> TOWMSUIP PROFILE: SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS <br /> Eno Township, located in the east-central portion of Orange <br /> County, occupies 24,000 acres and contains 9% of the total <br /> County land area. <br /> The character of the Township is defined by a number of <br /> existing land use features. The area of the Township north of <br /> St. Mary's Road is agriculturally based and marks the <br /> southern limit of the tobacco belt that extends north into <br /> • Little River Township and Caswell County. The southern <br /> portion of the Township is traversed by Interstate 85, US <br /> Highway 70, and a main line of the Southern Railway, all of <br /> • which roughly parallel each other in an east-west direction. <br /> The Eno River flows east from Hillsborough to the center of <br /> the Township and then flows directly south before turning <br /> east again just north of the intersection of US70 and 1-85. <br /> The southeastern portion of the Township lies adjacent to the <br /> City of Durham. Residential development focused on Durham has <br /> been and continues to occur in the area. Development pressure <br /> will continue in this area during the twenty year plan <br /> period. <br /> Socio-Economic Features <br /> Population figures from the 1980 Census reported that Eno <br /> Township gained 1,900 residents from 1970 to 1980, jumping <br /> from 2,550 residents in 1970 to 4,450 ten years later. This <br /> • represented an average rate of growth of 7.05% annually, a <br /> rate more than double that of the County as a whole. At that <br /> rate of growth, Eno Township would double its population <br /> every decade. <br /> The high growth rate of the 1970's has leveled off since <br /> 1980. The 1987 population estimate of 5,489 residents <br /> translates into an average growth rate of 3.04% annually <br /> since 1980, a rate slightly lower than that of the County. <br /> This in no way implies that Eno Township has become a less <br /> desirable place to live. By contrast, the Township growth <br /> rate since 1980 is still equal to that of neighboring Durham <br /> City and County. The slowing of the growth rate is a function <br /> of numerous factors, many specific to the Township. They <br /> include the availability of land for development at a given <br /> time, availability and capacity of infrastructure, and <br /> expansions of Eno River State Park. <br /> 3. 10-1 <br />