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mt. 77s — <br /> t . , * <br /> or of a particularly high quality. <br /> Exemplary Geologic Formations - exposed geologic <br /> formations of a particularly high quality or unique to <br /> the area. <br /> The Natural Heritage Program of the North Carolina Department <br /> of Natural Resources and Community Development, and the <br /> Triangle Land Conservancy have identified over thirty <br /> separate populations of. endangered species along with <br /> numerous additional plant communities and other natural areas <br /> in Orange County. These areas include public lands such as <br /> Eno River State Park, quasi-public lands such as Duke Forest, <br /> areas with multiple private owners such as Occoneedhee <br /> Mountain, and small sites in single private ownership. <br /> The presence of these unique natural features in Orange <br /> County suggests that special efforts should be made to manage <br /> these areas and sites so as to conserve and protect those <br /> characteristics that make the site biologically or' <br /> geologically important. This may include regulatory measures <br /> to insure protection or preservation of those features. <br /> Historic Sites - Although sites of historic and cultural <br /> significance are part of the man-made environment and not <br /> natural features they, nevertheless, are unique physical <br /> features that can have an impact on growth patterns within <br /> the county. Thus, they require treatment similar to unique <br /> and exemplary natural features and merit considerarion in <br /> this section. <br /> Orange County, founded over 230 years ago, is an area rich in <br /> history. Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Hillsborough each have <br /> Historic Districts and other buildings on the National <br /> Register of Historic Places. There are additional National <br /> Register Sites in Cheeks, Hillsborough, and Bingham <br /> Townships. The North Carolina Department of Cultural <br /> Resources has also identified over twenty sites in rural <br /> sections of the county that, while not yet nominated or <br /> eligible for the' National Register, are architecturally <br /> significant or important to the history of Orange County.. <br /> While existing buildings are perhaps the easiest historic <br /> sites to document they are by no means the only ones. <br /> Numerous mills once provided for the economic well-being of <br /> the county; many of, the dams and raceways still exist. Over <br /> 150 cemeteries and burial sites provide a record, in many <br /> cases the only record, of the lives and deaths of Orange <br /> 2.2 text 7 <br />