PLACE SEARCH

Advanced search | Cemetery search

North Carolina > All counties > Orange County > Chapel Hill

QUICK LINKS

Profile for Chapel Hill, North Carolina, NC

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Email this post card

Send us your Chapel Hill photos:

Tell us the pros & cons of Chapel Hill

Blog about Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill

Sponsored Ads

College town

Chapel Hill is a town in Orange County, in the Durham metro area. (The community straddles Orange and Durham counties; ePodunk links to the county with the greater share of population.)

The community was named for the New Hope Chapel of the Church of England, built on the hill.

The latitude of Chapel Hill is 35.913N. The longitude is -79.056W.

It is in the Eastern Standard time zone. Elevation is 486 feet.

The estimated population, in 2003, was 49,301.

INCOME SNAPSHOT

Median household income

Local

$39,140

National

$41,994

Source: 2000 census, U.S. Census Bureau

For more census details and comparisons, see our Chapel Hill demographic reports

ESSENTIALS

EMPLOYMENT:
  Local jobs
  Post a job
HOUSING:
  Find Foreclosure
  Local homes for sale
LODGING:
  Nearby hotels
PEOPLE:
  Chapel Hill family histories
RECORDS:
  Birth, marriage & death
  Court, land & probate
  Military

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which lays claim to being the nation's oldest public university, opened here in 1795.

Chapel Hill, Raleigh and Durham form what is known as the Research Triangle.

Public transportation: Chapel Hill Transit (See the transit and travel sections below.)

Crime: The number of violent crimes recorded by the FBI in 2003 was 207. The number of murders and homicides was 0. The violent crime rate was 4 per 1,000 people.

Ranked No. 10 among small cities in the ePodunk College Town Index, 2002

Filming location for:
· 1998 movie, "Patch Adams"
· 1997 movie, "Lost Highway"

Well-known residents have included:
· Betty Smith, author of "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"
· Loudon Wainwright III, singer and songwriter
· James Taylor, singer and songwriter

Local bands (past and present) have included Squirrel Nut Zippers

Coffee: National and regional coffee companies with outlets here include Caribou Coffee, Panera Bread, Starbucks

More info about local coffee quotients

Local festivals include:

Festifall - Oct. 7, 2007
Grecian Festival - May 4-6, 2007

Dates often change. Check Chapel Hill web sites and events links in the sections below.

Send us festival info for Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill attractions: North Carolina Botanical Garden (UNC), Morehead Planetarium (UNC)

Historic sites and museums: Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill Museum

Colleges and universities: University of North Carolina

More colleges info

Support for libraries: Local government funding for the local library system, in fiscal years 2001-2002, was above the national average. (See library links below.)

Gays & lesbians
National index: 100
Local index: 97

More info

Quotes:
It was just another beautiful day in Chapel Hill. As the local saying has it, 'If God isn't a Tar Heel, why is the sky Carolina blue?'
-- States of Mind: A Personal Journey Through the Mid-Atlantic
Jonathan Yardley

Listed places near Chapel Hill

Click on a group to see the items on the map

Please wait while the map loads... click here to force load

Add extra pins to the map by clicking on the list above the map. You may click the displayed pins for more information, or search the displayed pins by using the above search field.

Profile for Chapel Hill, North Carolina, NC

Sponsored Ads

Listed places near Chapel Hill

Search Health Care Jobs