Trinity

… town in NW Randolph County. Union Institute, a school, was est. there in 1838. Located midway between the neighborhoods of Hopewell on the S and Springfield on the n, it took its name from the fact that it was expected to serve to unite the two. Twelve years later the school was reorganized as Trinity College, and the town took its name from the college. Inc. 1869. In 1892 the college moved to Durham, becoming Duke University in 1924.