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Cary, North Carolina

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Raleigh. It is located about 10 miles [16 km] to the east of Cary and has a population of 276,093 people.<1>

The next largest community is Durham. It is located about 14 miles [22 km] to the north of Cary and has a population of 187,035 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Apex   SW4 mi [6.44 km]33,07563.64% increase
 Burlington   NW41 mi [66 km]50,85713.22% increase
 Carrboro   NW18 mi [28.97 km]18,1628.22% increase
 Chapel Hill   NW16 mi [25.75 km]52,5427.86% increase
 Dunn   S34 mi [54.7 km]10,0299.06% increase
 Fayetteville   S50 mi [80.5 km]174,09143.86% increase
 Garner   SE12 mi [19.31 km]27,13852.83% increase
 Graham   NW37 mi [59.5 km]14,53313.25% increase
 Henderson   NE43 mi [69.2 km]15,8501.52% decrease
 Holly Springs   S8 mi [12.87 km]20,870127.05% increase
 Roxboro   N43 mi [69.2 km]8,6670.33% decrease
 Sanford   SW29 mi [46.67 km]29,28426.12% increase
 Smithfield   SE31 mi [49.89 km]12,96512.64% increase
 Wake Forest   NE21 mi [33.8 km]27,068115.03% increase
 Wilson   E49 mi [78.9 km]48,4339.07% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Brentwood Village   E12 mi [19.31 km]---
 Dutchess Village   NELess than 2 mi---
 Emerald Village   E15 mi [24.14 km]---
 Fearrington Village   W15 mi [24.14 km]---
 Fearrington   W14 mi [22.53 km]---
 Fuquay-Varina   S13 mi [20.92 km]17,002115.27% increase
 Glenwood Village   E8 mi [12.87 km]---
 Gorman   N17 mi [27.36 km]---
 Hertford Village   E9 mi [14.48 km]---
 Macks Village   SE11 mi [17.7 km]---
 Meredith Townes   NE6 mi [9.66 km]---
 Morrisville   NW3 mi [4.83 km]13,699163.04% increase
 Pickwick Village   NE8 mi [12.87 km]---
 Skycrest Village   E12 mi [19.31 km]---
 Woodbury Village   NE9 mi [14.48 km]---

Chatham County

Cary is primarily located in Chatham County. A portion of Cary extends into Wake County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Chatham: Alamance, Harnett, Lee, Moore, Orange, Randolph and Wake.

While not sharing a border with Chatham, the following counties are close to Cary: Durham, Johnston and Granville.

Below are counties that are near Cary (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Cary:

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Cary
 Alamance County   WMandale26 miles [41 km]
 Caswell County   NWProspect Hill38 miles [61 km]
 Cumberland County   SLinden36 miles [57 km]
 Durham County   NWMorrisville3 miles [4 km]
 Franklin County   NEWake Forest21 miles [33 km]
 Granville County   NNorth Side21 miles [33 km]
 Harnett County   SDuncan15 miles [24 km]
 Johnston County   SEOgburn Crossroads18 miles [28 km]
 Lee County   SWBlacknel20 miles [32 km]
 Moore County   SWHaw Branch36 miles [57 km]



Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Cary. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Cary:

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Cary? Please visit the Map Page for Cary.


Footnotes

<1>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Cary.

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<2>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Cary and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<3>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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