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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 43 8 Miles <br /> Vicinity Map (50 Mile Radius) Washington, D , C . 251 Miles <br /> tlosnue Is — _ - 2 r <br /> [ - 9g ' 501 - <br /> I 36 _ 5 � <br /> saw MR S a ' . Vltgllle . l� au.cuom-- •€fit, , <br /> L EowoA6 , —MtltyCal ! 1 <br /> ... f r t alkartl Ga rvrndan?o, Slant Samoro 'I - Fild L " • . r IVia e4 <br /> a Hyoo" livvm <br /> 9 Parlay _ .�r/vw:" ° S <br /> e } <br /> a VY it " _ i a Stovall !V <br /> 1, 11 Co I A} t.on�teat ��L6 1 Oak Hill <br /> a• ut(te C A S W E LL 15 wno.m <br /> o LLLL `29 Caavgy s.: wars P E R $ O ,-Ali G R A V I L E <br /> r ' I5a' yvlaa 15 • • Roeb�oorkv�r ( i e .wta tva�c <br /> t locust 4 a , Frolabom a 1 <br /> G = . A IVI 1 li0 Mill I Roavala ( z Pleks ud <br /> Ida fie '` Mltarrvula Hltktowars � a Sd Baru a <br /> Fltab RI'ieWlle ashy TTmbarlalu <br /> Fwk \ <br /> Wtlliamtburg MatkiFar it Proapact a GvNonton Ma t501 NoriahI PravFdanu� t <br /> rorvM aleaola4 S7 as R Unhn r Carr Y a i y Rvutlamoni _ > /a i <br /> u-1t, . man Ito i �v� 4 ' V 9tam L <br /> vnamdr Ntanuba Caldwell t a a� Bath ya�p .. s <br /> to ` ..Mirri ' .rc. <br /> Z1aI lose 71 Cadet Grow- Seklly j i la v IButo tt S <br /> F , -O R D Bur fin i O R , A AI G E r wiitonj <br /> (� 't `vnl rasa w orlon t ;1G� a Man %� a Ilab + �a" 41` `Cra■dmnar j F <br /> 0 as FQ <br /> Etl.ndt l A 1 MORE! d r a to i 1 <br /> IIt] 1 1 uj y' LOW <br /> t <br /> Qa inrvl Ai.mrrl2aamm0 WHIMN• Duchani _ u <br /> a: 421 L —MI Chapel Hill ' . , eta a Ge va 1r 11KAna <br /> 'Cllmna l imeav lie L'aa#pal�avv Carncora <br /> Sam 401 <br /> _i � ", t <br /> Dos � nxt • owaa - a <br /> T Lltia o WkHnaY 1.�...�...._� � a j N111y, •Il � r Rai <br /> rMlavun rays CMpal Ctutch 41 <br /> lloltl �- R•+rrindon f <br /> - rtbWa l �. . X rcls wusai Mo s 11 li5f : A K <br /> L P to S ayd9 \ sax Hvpa u <br /> - Franks ne — F <br /> *JIM � ` rte It y_ (ytyt rlT <br /> l cla �� tt. A.iler• Y ,,:,tVh. taiv 8jj) " UM/ <br /> t G_ 1H A T t . . > H M Yvtiv .t T Lo �i i t 7 <br /> Atlanta, Georgia 351 Miles <br /> 26 <br />