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They service the cities of Raleigh, Durham, Cary, and Chapel Hill/Carrboro, and the surrounding suburban areas of the Research Triangle metropolitan area, as well as the outlying towns and nearby rural areas of Oxford to the north, Sanford to the south, Goldsboro to the southeast, and Mebane to the west.
The U.S. State of North Carolina currently has 48 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated nine combined statistical areas, 15 metropolitan statistical areas, and 24 micropolitan statistical areas in North Carolina. [1]
Sanford is a city in Lee County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 30,261 at the 2020 census. [5] It is the county seat of Lee County. [6]
When US 501 was established in 1927, it was aligned along North Carolina Highway 13 (NC 13) from Durham north through Roxboro to the Virginia state line. In 1934, it was overlapped with US 15 from Durham south to Laurinburg.
Raleigh–Durham–Cary: 2,368,947 3 37 Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point: 1,736,099 4 75 Fayetteville–Lumberton–Pinehurst: 693,299 5 89
North Carolina area codes. The area codes in the state of North Carolina are as follows: . 252 - North Coastal Plain region in the northeast corner of the state, containing the Outer Banks (split from 919 in 1998)
The topography of the county is generally gently rolling with several higher hills rising above the general terrain. One of these hills, Terrells Mountain, on the Orange County line is the transmitter site for several radio and TV stations for the Raleigh-Durham market, including WUNC-TV 4, WDCG (G105), WNCB (B93.9), and WUNC 91.5 FM (NC Public ...
In 1930 maps showed that NC 91 had replaced NC 55 route from Franklinton to Durham and instead NC 55 took the place of NC 13 north of Durham to the Virginia state line. In 1932 NC 55 was extended south through Apex and Holly Springs. The road then turned east to go to US 401 and NC 21 in Cardenas. NC 55 then replaced NC 210 through Angier and ...