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Durham, North Carolina

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Raleigh. It is located about 17 miles [27 km] to the southeast of Durham and has a population of 276,093 people.<1>

The next largest community is Cary. It is located about 14 miles [22 km] to the south of Durham and has a population of 94,536 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Apex   S17 mi [27.36 km]33,07563.64% increase
 Burlington   W31 mi [49.89 km]50,85713.22% increase
 Carrboro   W10 mi [16.09 km]18,1628.22% increase
 Chapel Hill   SW8 mi [12.87 km]52,5427.86% increase
 Dunn   S49 mi [78.9 km]10,0299.06% increase
 Garner   SE25 mi [40.23 km]27,13852.83% increase
 Graham   W27 mi [43.45 km]14,53313.25% increase
 Henderson   NE36 mi [57.9 km]15,8501.52% decrease
 Holly Springs   S22 mi [35.41 km]20,870127.05% increase
 Reidsville   NW49 mi [78.9 km]14,8712.66% increase
 Roxboro   N28 mi [45.06 km]8,6670.33% decrease
 Sanford   SW37 mi [59.5 km]29,28426.12% increase
 Smithfield   SE44 mi [70.8 km]12,96512.64% increase
 Wake Forest   E20 mi [32.19 km]27,068115.03% increase
 Danville (VA)   NW49 mi [78.9 km]44,6607.75% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 The American Village   NW4 mi [6.44 km]---
 Brentwood Village   SE19 mi [30.58 km]---
 Butner   NE13 mi [20.92 km]---
 Creedmoor   NE15 mi [24.14 km]3,68465.05% increase
 Dutchess Village   SE14 mi [22.53 km]---
 Fearrington Village   SW16 mi [25.75 km]---
 Fearrington   SW15 mi [24.14 km]---
 Glenwood Village   SE17 mi [27.36 km]---
 Gorman   NE6 mi [9.66 km]---
 Hillsborough   NW12 mi [19.31 km]5,6533.8% increase
 Meredith Townes   SE15 mi [24.14 km]---
 Morrisville   S10 mi [16.09 km]13,699163.04% increase
 Pickwick Village   SE13 mi [20.92 km]---
 Stem   NE18 mi [28.97 km]27821.4% increase
 Woodbury Village   SE16 mi [25.75 km]---

Durham County

Durham is primarily located in Durham County. A portion of Durham extends into Orange County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Durham: Chatham, Granville, Orange, Person and Wake.

While not sharing a border with Durham, the following counties are close to Durham: Franklin, Alamance and Caswell.

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

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Durham
 Alamance County   WBuena Vista Estates21 miles [33 km]
 Caswell County   NWProspect Hill24 miles [38 km]
 Chatham County   SWFarrington13 miles [20 km]
 Franklin County   EWake Forest20 miles [32 km]
 Granville County   NECozart10 miles [16 km]
 Guilford County   WWhitsett37 miles [59 km]
 Harnett County   SDuncan29 miles [46 km]
 Johnston County   SEOgburn Crossroads33 miles [53 km]
 Lee County   SWBlacknel27 miles [43 km]
 Nash County   EMurraytown38 miles [61 km]



Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned 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) Durham. 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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Off-the-Road Links

The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Durham:

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


Footnotes

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

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<2>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Durham 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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