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comprises 55% of the total population of 123,162. The Town of Hillsborough, the County seat, <br />and surrounding area are expected to experience accelerated growth, because of their location <br />adjacent to Interstate Highway 8~ and to the Interstate High«~ay 40 extension. <br />Interstate High«~ay 40 connects the County directly «Tith the Research Triangle Park and <br />Raleigh-Durham International Airport. The City of Mebane, home of most of the County's <br />major manufacturing employers, is on the westernmost boundary of the County. A major portion <br />of the City of Mebane lies in neighboring Alamance County. North of Interstate Highway 85, the <br />County is mostly rural, with a mixture of farming, residential and light industrial and commercial <br />uses. <br />The County is approximately 401 square miles in area, of which approximately 177 <br />square miles are unincorporated, 39 square miles are farmland, 132 square miles are forested, <br />and 53 square miles are urbanized. <br />50 III. <br />New York, New Y"ork 438 Miles <br />n. D.C. 251 Miles <br />Atla <br />Demographic Characteristics <br />The United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, has recorded the County's <br />population to be as follows: <br />1980 1990 2000 20041 <br />C-883836v4 13361.00022 14 <br />