Cary, North Carolina

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	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Apex	SW	4 mi [6.44 km]	33,075	63.64% increase
	Burlington	NW	41 mi [66 km]	50,857	13.22% increase
	Carrboro	NW	18 mi [28.97 km]	18,162	8.22% increase
	Chapel Hill	NW	16 mi [25.75 km]	52,542	7.86% increase
	Dunn	S	34 mi [54.7 km]	10,029	9.06% increase
	Fayetteville	S	50 mi [80.5 km]	174,091	43.86% increase
	Garner	SE	12 mi [19.31 km]	27,138	52.83% increase
	Graham	NW	37 mi [59.5 km]	14,533	13.25% increase
	Henderson	NE	43 mi [69.2 km]	15,850	1.52% decrease
	Holly Springs	S	8 mi [12.87 km]	20,870	127.05% increase
	Roxboro	N	43 mi [69.2 km]	8,667	0.33% decrease
	Sanford	SW	29 mi [46.67 km]	29,284	26.12% increase
	Smithfield	SE	31 mi [49.89 km]	12,965	12.64% increase
	Wake Forest	NE	21 mi [33.8 km]	27,068	115.03% increase
	Wilson	E	49 mi [78.9 km]	48,433	9.07% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Brentwood Village	E	12 mi [19.31 km]	---
	Dutchess Village	NE	Less than 2 mi	---
	Emerald Village	E	15 mi [24.14 km]	---
	Fearrington Village	W	15 mi [24.14 km]	---
	Fearrington	W	14 mi [22.53 km]	---
	Fuquay-Varina	S	13 mi [20.92 km]	17,002	115.27% increase
	Glenwood Village	E	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Gorman	N	17 mi [27.36 km]	---
	Hertford Village	E	9 mi [14.48 km]	---
	Macks Village	SE	11 mi [17.7 km]	---
	Meredith Townes	NE	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	Morrisville	NW	3 mi [4.83 km]	13,699	163.04% increase
	Pickwick Village	NE	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Skycrest Village	E	12 mi [19.31 km]	---
	Woodbury Village	NE	9 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:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Cary
	Alamance County	W	Mandale	26 miles [41 km]
	Caswell County	NW	Prospect Hill	38 miles [61 km]
	Cumberland County	S	Linden	36 miles [57 km]
	Durham County	NW	Morrisville	3 miles [4 km]
	Franklin County	NE	Wake Forest	21 miles [33 km]
	Granville County	N	North Side	21 miles [33 km]
	Harnett County	S	Duncan	15 miles [24 km]
	Johnston County	SE	Ogburn Crossroads	18 miles [28 km]
	Lee County	SW	Blacknel	20 miles [32 km]
	Moore County	SW	Haw Branch	36 miles [57 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for North Carolina<3>

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