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96 <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 /> 98 <br /> �7 l <br /> - <br /> ' <br /> c'r4pu.ar.ref""' a i r � v. i sm..n <br /> sm, Irtnn C A 5 W r E L 'Li r l5mrn B q.cc"a ! O N;9 1'' G R\oaa Nnor V Is 15L I.Ew n1 <br /> 8 <br /> ryG H12*A r .b <br /> Ntla�ille a "nm�: s `M1 m 5tl n <br /> 'ten nlaaa++lk r.n,n i'�--__ Will�._mebu.9: a _—n—.— • P�HNI a 16arGonWn MN 15 Bi PwNtlwe <br /> n.-S MPnrlcellP ercw 'Mp0.e I � I�� Galtlnell I � BeM�"srl/pi�[9lYm u _ <br /> F 0R DLD <br /> e Ine. elh� fee' °iefrsre.. samer n „``'-E1�Buta¢ .'r,Iasoe,...- vnn.e% <br /> d .I..In n iElan�u:.a -` GY 'Meban R.A N G E r rl ri '� F <br /> r 0 n II. rt.e,R�r 4 le Ilabu�augiD 'iR H=A M� nTlfeena J�wk .. <br /> .-Dllrflnl '_yam 1A <br /> sam`i21 / I Chapel HIII <br /> lidan <br /> �Cllmu i Rimuae�ll p.H.m ria7'Y010� r -I 2 u'_- 701! I _ r�� <br /> -. , Hal <br /> •IIG <br /> .e�.al —c,.o,Fm�.l�ad `-,F•"vil�w E s T M9 8� ' t �K <br /> 7c. 1^rRawp IN�_u�dB \ an I JPC <br /> ru h6des <br /> + •f 'b�0. jr1 , r�.h,a6W %r ubum�f <br /> H A.= M <br /> Atlanta,Georgia 351 Miles <br /> 25 <br />