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98 <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 Mile Radius) Washington,D.C.251 Miles <br /> r <br /> 9s ' nm, 5 " Trea.Nlb Sole � ` <br /> e.m rnn 58 ° 360 <br /> �Sla r v, 1 J <br /> , <br /> Ise .tl.,e}nlll ,�a- <br /> C A <br /> �"° urlin S W E L .L! +^, •w <br /> R M li G \\o.x inn V I is L E <br /> w .1. <br /> ° 9 c LSH' r."uwlii�:C'v' �l a R A\N S I III1.m 4. <br /> o G yiOF <br /> ��� <br /> Gal �nrm..e a 'i§a ►n.ee <br /> Flinn nlntw++l'le, �,�,n n.nms.eim ��•�° n'� w aeacwlee ° F.sp°NI 1 ddd ,ormnwn e501 I+nn:ni <br /> Willi.mebury: • Mll Tevltl.nu <br /> °- � Monticello 'a mesa .��1 ! � Galtlnell { Beneenaf' 9Nm e _ - <br /> Luer/ —r lam �ae.e elpw seiner° �'vr`-�eJButll¢ r,aoree �f <br /> F O R O urh°Y�Oa O R A N G E `, ,<..'i:,l.R win <br /> d �e.k.ns.11 iElsn��n -..� itAeben � c�}�5�.� F <br /> 0 n•II.� l,.ra IaE°r°�DU'R,f�•M .e:..m'�� ' , <br /> -.,Ourfl�ro pJ _ 1A <br /> �421... 1 ' I Chapel"HIII <br /> �cuna ' nrena..al .p,k„r CarYoreSz, <br /> �- Ilen - Wino n�a'aM1 �._/ _ 3 .1• � <br /> nntantbtl <br /> +' Fe„.umal u•l da dYra�•• A 3=s '7 a Mini h6de e <br /> rc, *���` ,•1 ti�e W I� n. fAptlx.`�7.�.I^`�el'119f�L enn?: <br /> \_ <br /> i <br /> Atlanta,Georgia 351 Miles <br /> 26 <br />