NC Gazetteer

Orange County

… was formed in 1752 from Johnston, Bladen, and Granville Counties. Located in the central section of the state, it is bounded by Durham, Chatham, Alamance, Caswell, and Person Counties. It has long been said that the county was named for William III (1650-1702) of the House of Orange, who ruled England from 1689 to 1702. However, in 1752, when the county was formed, the infant William V (1748-1806) of Orange was Stadtholder, and his mother, Anne, daughter of George II of England, controlled affairs of state. It seems reasonable to assume that Orange County was named in honor of William V of Orange (and perhaps also to flatter his grandfather, George II of England) instead of for William III, who had been dead for 50 years. Area: 398 sq. mi. County seat: Hillsborough, with an elevation of 543 ft. Townships are Bingham, Cedar Grove, Chapel Hill, Cheeks, Eno, Hillsborough, and Little River. Produces corn, tobacco, wheat, oats, dairy products, barley, poultry, livestock, hogs, textiles, furniture, pyrophyllite, and crushed stone.

areas

Big Meadows

branches

Buckhorn Branch
Crow Branch
Fincher's Branch
Hog Branch
Jolly Branch
Meadow Branch

communities

Blackwood
Border
Bradshaw
Breeze
Buckhorn
Caldwell
Caldwell Institute
Calvander
Carr
Cedar Grove
Cheeks Crossroads
Dodson Crossroads
Efland
Eubanks
Ichley
Laws
Lindsay
Manndale
McDade
Meredith
Miles
Moore
New Bethel
Oaks
Orange Grove
Robson Station
Rock Spring
Schley
Teer
Tolers
University
White Cross
Wilsons Store

creeks

Bolin Creek
Booker Creek
Buck Quarter Creek
Cane Creek
Cates Creek
Chapel Creek
Collins Creek
Ferrells Creek
Haw Creek
Hogan Creek
Lick Creek
McGowan Creek
Meeting of the Waters
Mountain Creek
Neville Creek
Old Field Creek
Phils Creek
Price Creek
Rhodes Creek
Sevenmile Creek
Stony Creek
Strouds Creek
Threemile Creek
Toms Creek
Turkey Hill Creek

elevations

Point Prospect

forests

Duke Forest

former communities

Clover Garden

hills

Grampian Hills
Laurel Hills

historical markers

Archibald Debow Murphey historical marker
Astronaut Training historical marker
Billy Strayhorn 1915-1967 historical marker
Bingham School historical marker
Bingham School historical marker
Carl T. Durham historical marker
Constitutional Convention, 1788 historical marker
Edmund Fanning historical marker
Elizabeth Cotten 1893-1987 historical marker
Elizabeth Keckly Ca. 1820-1907 historical marker
Francis Nash historical marker
Harriet M. Berry 1877-1940 historical marker
Hart's Mill historical marker
Hillsborough Academy historical marker
Hughes Academy historical marker
J. G. De Roulhac Hamilton historical marker
James Hogg 1729-1804 historical marker
Journey Of Reconciliation historical marker
Moses A. Curtis historical marker
Navy B-1 Band historical marker
North Carolina Society Of The Cincinnati historical marker
Occaneechi historical marker
Old Eno Church And Cemetery historical marker
Regulators Hanged historical marker
St. Mary's Chapel historical marker
Thomas Burke historical marker
Thomas Burke historical marker
Thomas H. Benton historical marker
Thomas Ruffin 1787-1870 historical marker
University Of N.C. At Chapel Hill historical marker
William A. Graham historical marker
William Churton historical marker
William Hooper 1742-1790 historical marker

lakes

Ben Johnson Lake
Eastwood Lake
Hogan's Lake
Lake Michael
University Lake

mountains

Balls Mountain
Blackwood Mountain
Couch Mountain
Crawford Mountain
Mount Bolus
Mount Collier
Mount Willing
Nunn Mountain
Occaneechi Mountain
Pickards Mountain
Wards Mountain

parishes

St. Matthew's Parish

populated places

West Hillsborough

regions

Haw Fields
Piedmont Crescent
Piedmont Dialect Region
VA Piedmont Dialect Region

schools

Carrboro High School
Cedar Ridge High School
Chapel Hill High School
East Chapel Hill High School
Eno River Academy
Orange County Training School
Orange High School
Partnership Academy
Phoenix Academy High School
UNC Hospital School

towns

Carrboro
Chapel Hill
Hillsborough
Mebane
Newmarket

townships

Bingham Township
Cedar Grove Township
Chapel Hill Township
Cheeks Township
Eno Township
Hillsborough Township
Little River Township