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North Carolina State Capitol, c. 1861; Governor David S. Reid is in the foreground Raleigh, North Carolina in 1872 North Carolina State Treasurers Office in State Capitol, c. 1890s. In 1808, Andrew Johnson, the United States' future 17th President, was born at Casso's Inn in Raleigh. [24]
The Research Triangle, or simply The Triangle, are both common nicknames for a metropolitan area in the Piedmont region of the U.S. state of North Carolina.Anchored by the cities of Raleigh and Durham and the town of Chapel Hill, the region is home to three major research universities: North Carolina State University, Duke University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ...
Early view of Raleigh–Durham Airport. The region's first airport opened in 1929 as Raleigh Municipal Airport, south of Raleigh.It was quickly outgrown, and in 1939 the North Carolina General Assembly chartered the Raleigh–Durham Aeronautical Authority to build and operate a larger airport between Raleigh and Durham.
Durham's population, as of July 1, 2019 and according to the 2019 U.S. census data estimate, had grown to 278,993, [68] making it the 50th-fastest-growing city in the US, and the 2nd-fastest-growing city in North Carolina, behind Cary but ahead of Charlotte, Raleigh and Greensboro. [68]
Durham County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina.As of the 2020 census, the population was 324,833, [1] making it the sixth-most populous county in North Carolina.
Research Triangle Park (RTP) is the largest research park in the United States; [1] [2] [3] it occupies 7,000 acres (2,833 ha) in North Carolina and hosts more than 300 companies and 65,000 workers.
Raleigh–Durham–Cary: 2,368,947 3 37 Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point: 1,736,099 4 75 ... List of metropolitan areas of North Carolina.
The Formation of the North Carolina Counties, 1663–1943. Raleigh: State Dept. of Archives and History, 1950. Reprint, Raleigh: Division of Archives and History, North Carolina Dept. of Cultural Resources, 1987. ISBN 0-86526-032-X; Powell, William S. The North Carolina Gazetteer. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1968. Reprint ...