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1 <br /> 1 <br /> of Mebane is within the Township and the County, the major portion <br /> of it being in Alamance County. The population of Cheeks Township <br /> was 6214 persons in 1988. The Efland/West Orange area has a <br /> population of approximately 1250 persons. It is the site of several <br /> small textile manufacturing firms, and there are also a number of <br /> commercial uses in the Efland area. Efland is now served by sewer <br /> service by virtue of a sewer line constructed under Orange County <br /> authority. It is also furnished with water by Orange-Alamance Water <br /> Systems Incorporated, a private non-profit corporation. Raw water <br /> is taken from Corporation Lake on the Eno, located just north of US <br /> 70, and is treated and pumped west along US 70 through Efland and on <br /> into Alamance County around Mebane. The system has about 400 <br /> metered connections in Orange County. <br /> The population of the Town of Mebane was 3761 persons as of 1987. <br /> 517 of those persons lived in the part of Mebane within Orange <br /> County. Mebane exercises a one mile extraterritorial planning <br /> jurisdiction. In Orange County its planning jurisdiction extends <br /> beyond one mile in an area between US 70 and 1-85 where the Town has <br /> developed an industrial park. This area is provided with sewer and <br /> water and has attracted several major corporations including General <br /> Electric. +/- Most of the remainder of Cheeks Township, both north <br /> and south of the I-85/US 70 transportation corridor, is rural in <br /> character and consists of agricultural land uses and scattered non- <br /> farm development. <br /> Eno Township is located in east-central Orange County. The 1988 <br /> township population was 5742 persons. There are no incorporated <br /> places in this township. The I-85/US 70 transportation corridor <br /> occupies the southern portion of the township and has attracted <br /> significant residential and non-residential development. <br /> These highways give southern Eno Township good access to the City of <br /> Durham and the employment opportunities in the City and at Duke <br /> University. As a result, Eno Township had an average population <br /> growth rate of 7.04% per annum from 1970-1980, the highest rate of <br /> any Township. This growth rate has slowed to 3.23% since 1980, <br /> however. The remainder of Eno township, especially north of St. <br /> Mary's Road, is rural and, agricultural in character. <br /> Eno Township is currently not served by public sewer. Water service <br /> is provided in two areas at the eastern and western boundaries of <br /> the Township. City of Durham water service has recently been <br /> extended along US 70 into Orange County near the interchange with I- <br /> 85. Water lines from the town of Hillsborough extend into Eno <br /> Township along US 70 as far east as the junction of US 70 and By- <br /> pass 70. <br /> A unique feature in Eno Township is the Eno River State Park. It is <br /> the only North Carolina State Park that is linear in character. <br /> Sections of the park extend along the Eno River in Eno Township and <br /> into Durham County. Acquisition of land or easements are <br /> incomplete, but major sections of park lands have been acquired. <br />