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Durham, N.C. First National Bank ca. 1904<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Welcome to the Durham County, NCGenWeb site, \u00a0your source for information on all things related to Durham County history and genealogy.<\/p>\n

If there is material you would like to see posted to this site as well as links or sources you have found in your own searches that should be included here, please contact us<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Neighboring counties: Chatham<\/a>, Granville<\/a>, Orange<\/a>, Person<\/a> and Wake<\/a> counties.<\/p>\n

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History<\/h2>\n

Durham County was formed in 1881 from Orange and Wake Counties.\u00a0 It was named in honor of Dr. Bartlett Snipes Durham who donated the land on which the railroad station was located. The building of the railroad station was the beginning of the town of Durham. Located in beautiful Piedmont North Carolina, it is bounded by Chatham<\/a>, Granville<\/a>, Orange<\/a>, Person<\/a> and Wake<\/a> counties. Durham, incorporhttps:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/person\/ated in 1866 as the Town of Durham in Orange County, is the county seat.<\/p>\n

Source: Corbitt, David L. The Formation of the North Carolina Counties, 1663-1943.\u00a0 Second printing.\u00a0 Raleigh: State Department of Archives and History, 1969.\u00a0 Powell, William S.\u00a0 The North Carolina Gazetteer.\u00a0 Chapel Hill:\u00a0 The University of North Carolina Press, 1968.
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