Durham
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Nickname(s):
Bull City,
[1]
City of Medicine
[2]
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Coordinates:
35°58′43″N
78°54′00″W
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35.97861°N 78.90000°W
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35.97861; -78.90000
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Country
| United States
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State
| North Carolina
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Counties
| Durham
,
Wake
,
Orange
[3]
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Incorporated
| April 10, 1869
[4]
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Named for
| Bartlett S. Durham
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? Type
| Council-Manager
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? Total
| 116.19 sq mi (300.92 km
2
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? Land
| 115.36 sq mi (298.79 km
2
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? Water
| 0.82 sq mi (2.13 km
2
) 0.71%
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Elevation
| 404 ft (123 m)
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? Total
| 283,506
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? Rank
| 71st
in the United States
4th
in North Carolina
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? Density
| 2,457.51/sq mi (948.85/km
2
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Urban
| 396,118 (US:
106th
)
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? Urban density
| 2,160.4/sq mi (834.1/km
2
)
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Metro
| 649,903 (US:
92nd
)
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CSA
| 2,106,463 (US:
31st
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Demonym
| Durhamite
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Time zone
| UTC−5
(
EST
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? Summer (
DST
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| UTC−4
(
EDT
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ZIP codes
| 27701, 27702, 27703, 27704, 27705, 27706, 27707, 27708, 27709, 27710, 27711, 27712, 27713, 27715, 27717, 27722
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Area code(s)
| 919
,
984
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FIPS code
| 37-19000
[8]
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GNIS
feature ID
| 2403521
[6]
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Primary Airport
| Raleigh?Durham International Airport
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Website
| durhamnc
.gov
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Durham
is a city in the
U.S. state
of
North Carolina
. It has about 280,000 people. Durham has two
universities
,
Duke
and
NC Central
. It is northwest of
Raleigh
, and northeast of
Chapel Hill
. It is the
county seat
of
Durham County
.
Before Europeans came to the Durham area, there were some
Native American
tribes nearby.
Durham was officially started in 1869, but there was a
train
station and some stores before that. It grew quickly in the late 1800s and early 1900s because of
tobacco
. NC Central was one of the first publicly funded (paid for) African-American colleges, and was started in 1924.
In the mid-1900s, people were buying less tobacco, so Durham became poorer. Some civil rights people also visited Durham during this time. The Research Triangle Park near Raleigh helped it some, but not very much.
Recently, Durham's
downtown
has gotten better and Durham is growing more. The old tobacco buildings are now being used for other things.
Durham is located in north-central North Carolina, near Chapel Hill and Raleigh, in an area known as The Triangle. One of the few
rivers
in Durham is the Eno River. It goes into Falls Lake.
Durham has a sort of mild
climate
with hot summers and cool winters. In the summer temperatures usually go from 90°
Fahrenheit
during the day to 70 °F at night. In the winter, is about 50 °F during the day and 30 °F at night. It can change more. Durham gets about 45 inches (110 cm) of rain and 6 inches (15 cm) of snow.
Durham has a lot of
transportation
, or roads, trains, and airplanes. Some
freeways
in Durham are Interstates
40
and
85
and highway 147. Durham is right next to an airport. Durham also has a train station.
Duke University
is in Durham. Durham also has the Museum of Life and Science and the Nasher Art Museum. Downtown, there are also several tall buildings.
- ↑
"Durham was nicknamed the "Bull City" in the late 1800s when the Blackwell Tobacco Company named its product "Bull" Durham Tobacco"
.
durhamnc.gov
. Jan 17, 2021.
Archived
from the original on September 5, 2015.
- ↑
"About Durham"
. Archived from
the original
on October 22, 2009
. Retrieved
October 9,
2009
.
- ↑
"Durham Maps"
.
durhamnc.gov
. City of Durham
. Retrieved
June 22,
2023
.
- ↑
Durham (N.C.) ? Directories
. Richmond, Virginia: Hill Directory Company. 1923. p. 7
. Retrieved
May 13,
2010
.
- ↑
"ArcGIS REST Services Directory"
. United States Census Bureau
. Retrieved
September 20,
2022
.
- ↑
6.0
6.1
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Durham, North Carolina
- ↑
"QuickFacts: Durham city, North Carolina"
.
United States Census Bureau
. Retrieved
February 23,
2024
.
- ↑
"U.S. Census website"
.
United States Census Bureau
. Retrieved
January 31,
2008
.
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