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Durham, North Carolina

Durham, North Carolina: The City of Medicine

City with an estimated population of 217,847 in 2007. County seat of Durham County. Development began in 1853 when Bartlett Durham, a local physician, donated land on which to build a fueling depot on the railroad between Raleigh and Hillsborough. Durham Station was chartered as a city in 1869. Became a major source of tobacco after veterans of the Civil War who served in North Carolina popularized the local brightleaf tobacco nation-wide. Demand fueled the growth of the Bull Durham Tobacco Company, which in turn caused the town to grow hugely in the first decades of the 20th century. The city suffered from the regional collapse of the textile industry and the shrinking national demand for cigarettes in the second half of the 20th century.

The site of Duke University, the premiere university in the South, and North Carolina Central University. Co-founder of the Research Triangle Park.

Website: www.durhamnc.gov/

== Get Around ==

GoTriangle (trip planner): www.gotriangle.org
Interactive Maps: gisweb2.ci.durham.nc.us/sdx/imap_launch.html

== Photos ==

Wikimedia Commons: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Durham%2C_North_Car...
Photos @ TrekEarth: www.trekearth.com/gallery/North_America/United_States/S...
Photos by bunchofpants @ Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/bunchofpants/sets/374332/

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durham,_North_Carolina

Recent city comments:

  • Abandoned Railroad Trestle, Danielle White wrote 8 years ago:
    Yep. It's something of an "interesting architectural feature" for the restaurant and distillery that are now adjacent.
  • Kings Sandwich Shop, Big Daddy (guest) wrote 8 years ago:
    Now Open! Still the best Durham has to offer.
  • East Durham Post Office - 27703, Charles (guest) wrote 8 years ago:
    Split the route that includes Sherron Rd, so the people on the end of the present route can get their mail before 8 or 9 pm. Today,1/26/2016 it has been almost one week since I have seen the mailman or gotten any mail. If mail can't be delivered by the USPS then close it down and turn it over to a private company like UPS or FEDEX.
  • IBM 500 complex - Building 510, Jim (guest) wrote 8 years ago:
    This is no longer occupied by IBM. The current occupant is Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions.
  • Richard Stanford Leigh Farm, Curtis (guest) wrote 9 years ago:
    Chris is right. The cemetery is misidentified. It is actually just above the farm parking lot in the grove of bare oak trees beside the interstate and the power line easement. See the wikimapia map. The dark objects visible under the bare trees are the tombstones.
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35°58'55"N   78°53'51"W
Durham, North Carolina on the map.

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