Raleigh, North Carolina

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Raleigh is the largest city within a 50 mile [80 km] radius.

The next largest community is Durham. It is located about 17 miles [27 km] to the northwest of Raleigh and has a population of 187,035 people.^<1>

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Apex	SW	13 mi [20.92 km]	33,075	63.64% increase
	Burlington	W	48 mi [77.2 km]	50,857	13.22% increase
	Carrboro	W	25 mi [40.23 km]	18,162	8.22% increase
	Cary	W	10 mi [16.09 km]	129,545	37.03% increase
	Chapel Hill	W	22 mi [35.41 km]	52,542	7.86% increase
	Dunn	S	36 mi [57.9 km]	10,029	9.06% increase
	Garner	S	9 mi [14.48 km]	27,138	52.83% increase
	Goldsboro	SE	49 mi [78.9 km]	37,597	3.7% decrease
	Graham	W	44 mi [70.8 km]	14,533	13.25% increase
	Henderson	N	36 mi [57.9 km]	15,850	1.52% decrease
	Rocky Mount	E	47 mi [75.6 km]	57,010	2% increase
	Sanford	SW	38 mi [61.2 km]	29,284	26.12% increase
	Smithfield	SE	27 mi [43.45 km]	12,965	12.64% increase
	Wake Forest	NE	12 mi [19.31 km]	27,068	115.03% increase
	Wilson	E	40 mi [64.4 km]	48,433	9.07% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Brentwood Village	E	2 mi [3.22 km]	---
	Clayton	SE	16 mi [25.75 km]	15,841	127.18% increase
	Dutchess Village	W	9 mi [14.48 km]	---
	Emerald Village	SE	9 mi [14.48 km]	---
	Glenwood Village	SW	Less than 2 mi	---
	Hertford Village	S	5 mi [8.05 km]	---
	Knightdale	E	8 mi [12.87 km]	8,174	37.19% increase
	Macks Village	S	14 mi [22.53 km]	---
	Meredith Townes	W	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	Morrisville	W	10 mi [16.09 km]	13,699	163.04% increase
	Pickwick Village	NW	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Rolesville	NE	11 mi [17.7 km]	2,844	213.56% increase
	Skycrest Village	SE	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	Wendell	E	13 mi [20.92 km]	5,300	24.79% increase
	Woodbury Village	NW	Less than 2 mi	---

Durham County

Raleigh is primarily located in Durham County and is the county seat. A portion of Raleigh extends into Wake 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 Raleigh: Franklin, Johnston and Harnett.

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Raleigh
	Alamance County	W	Mandale	35 miles [56 km]
	Chatham County	W	Cary	10 miles [16 km]
	Franklin County	NE	Wake Forest	12 miles [19 km]
	Granville County	N	Grissom	16 miles [25 km]
	Harnett County	SW	Duncan	22 miles [35 km]
	Johnston County	SE	Starmont	15 miles [24 km]
	Lee County	SW	Blacknel	30 miles [48 km]
	Nash County	E	Murraytown	22 miles [35 km]
	Orange County	W	Briarcliff	21 miles [33 km]
	Person County	N	Moriah	31 miles [49 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for North Carolina<3>

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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) Raleigh. 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.

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