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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 /> Research Triangle Park, a major complex of research and research-oriented manufacturing facilities. <br /> Interstate Highway 40 connects the County directly with 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 /> 29B <br /> .560_ 5 <br /> u T m <br /> ��° i+Yneiaa nam'..{A el.r,.� Ismaw 1 <br /> edale� Rna. .�- �lloc ire.m <br /> � <br /> lfm�umaA.xr i SN... IV <br /> Oek XIII� C A S 1N � <br /> g "c.,YylA n P R S O N; 6 R A N V[ LIE <br /> t �- <br /> i <br /> G Flu7ip M w ri"ir 6 ' Rp..w is pa ei� lbs' <br /> dattlll Xlnnbrv. _ � 58 � <br /> Vit.,. � r 'worn �9 "raa�wne ' � ma i ,Odor <br /> __- win.maw.a. u � r.oa H,. °ali' X501 nnX.ni p.wm�� <br /> n ._a �R�^�"�",Unbn�l i4errY a Aaryanon � �,�,ryy <br /> - <br /> F��O rnR r D Nmlma_ VfIIII 'Ic.a..Jnr, scorer° kyc•��., cram. vnX •. <br /> iElon ranre 'too O R•.A N G E , ae +rw�m. Butte FS <br /> oL <br /> R O. Hilisb*. p U'I ,H.A M i 1 <br /> ran aO5 Durfirti a,. w` <br /> L M C <br /> wden <br /> amp I <br /> IOI- - s <br /> Kai <br /> T, <br /> r nr cmrntoda F In.mn r}ls:� W a A 1 .�K <br /> pFankn laa u:1d a dc� f �3E p—Cary <br /> -. f�•a .... �ity - ' , +'6�15n ani /ApB�` tom` �a sarirer s.., <br /> H_ <br /> •` yr _...,.. ``J'-fir. r 4... A. <br /> i <br /> Atlanta,Georgia 351 Miles <br /> 25 <br />