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77 <br /> APPENDIX A <br /> THE COUNTY <br /> GENERAL DESCRIPTION <br /> Orange County,founded in 1752,is located in the north-central portion of the State on the Piedmont <br /> Plateau. The County lies approximately midway between the cities of Atlanta, Georgia and Washington, <br /> D.C. Interstate Highway 40 connects to Interstate Highway 85 within the County. Interstate Highway 85 <br /> connects the region west through Greensboro to Charlotte and Atlanta,and connects to Interstate Highway <br /> 95 just south of Richmond,Virginia. <br /> There are four municipalities in the County: the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro in the <br /> southeastern part of the County and the Town of Hillsborough and the City of Mebane in the central corridor <br /> of the County along Interstate Highway 85 and Interstate Highway 40. The Town of Chapel Hill is the <br /> largest municipality in the County and the home of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The <br /> Town of Hillsborough is the County seat. <br /> The County is part of the Durham-Chapel Hill Metropolitan Statistical Area, which also includes <br /> the Research Triangle Park, a major complex of research and research-oriented manufacturing facilities. <br /> Interstate Highway 40 connects the County directly with the Research Triangle Park and Raleigh-Durham <br /> International Airport. The City of Mebane,home of most of the County's major manufacturing employers, <br /> is on the westernmost boundary of the County. A major portion of the City of Mebane lies in neighboring <br /> Alamance County. North of Interstate Highway 85 the County is mostly rural,with a mixture of farming, <br /> residential and light industrial and commercial uses. <br /> The County is approximately 401 square miles in area, of which approximately 177 square miles <br /> are unincorporated, 39 square miles are farmland, 132 square miles are forested, and 53 square miles are <br /> urbanized. <br /> New York,New York 438 Miles <br /> Vicinity Map(50 We Radius) Washington,D.C.251 Miles <br /> 47 <br /> nY M0. \ m °T - Vlrylll Ja.atl - - <br /> - ed-. -- ' dll.map• wane.' CIe� 61 n9 __�__—///-peand Maya - _—__-._^i�4+*-a •f_ ' ` .Yfl a' ��� - n ,�s HeFv°N�{HII RrL. � Y e•.cx Rourn <br /> �eJ.m. . i e - Y.I dl I Sbn31 <br /> IV <br /> Oak HIII <br /> C A S W E L <br /> R +O N; G R A\N V 1 M1 ai9nlam 4 <br /> ° .ur.11l• 15e <br /> + Hmnlvanrs • 1 /. Lama 1SSI B.m <br /> tlnnle I a .16 ° <br /> 8 i nlaiMn�ib:k nmbari.w � �O u <br /> � e Fran ns T(j. <br /> `ram=__ Wel®manor.! M__. S P X-1 a Guraurtan dA� +5 S] M°H.bl �M�-� <br /> a �� R.n mr 11 Karr a ° e 0. g.m.n -1 - �ruma <br /> dam, M.nticelb din <br /> `- <br /> -�"." In.. • +�c.a.r sro.. seiner 1 �Butoe.Y iaaemr � <br /> F O R O uninn/van O R A N G E + x�n <br /> 0 r,a.n a+bmn'n Elun ^'�° '-rW .J 70' i hlubpnan Er a� Illsb+o�au�l a �� 15 •�� + F <br /> .r.,. L M N - <br /> vdeo 421 n Chap®i NiiiBi <br /> 70r'. FNN <br /> �_ ua"____ •inn ., i 403 <br /> la .,:l .w �, • Rai <br /> cna+en.n.l o -- -'-- --��—._ ''•°Jya. sail f���, raei� a" '�'�;��� <br /> ,naH.nlr cnx=re, - `•viMw �• 51 •MO �IuIII a '� �K <br /> 427 � Sill rww +a F '►7. 'a�i is fs�`� - - -_�`* _ <br /> L FnnM1lipNlr__u ,B �. I `_T3h��Cary` +�m��m.. <br /> �_• I.._._..._ � a .. ~ ��Aj�Cig:M�+- .c', ..r�.11y a,.l�l r n <br /> I <br /> Atlanta,Georgia 351 Miles <br />