Cities

Chapel Hill

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General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Chapel Hill." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/chapel-hill.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Chapel Hill. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/chapel-hill

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-chapel-hill,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Chapel Hill},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/chapel-hill},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Chapel Hill is an incorporated municipality in the counties of Orange and Durham, North Carolina, United States. Its population was 61,960 in the 2020 census, making it the 17th-most populous municipality in the state.

Facts

Population

61,960 1

Area (sq km)

56.32 1

Founding Year

1793 1

Population Estimate Year

2020 1

Elevation (m)

80 1

Latitude

35.92722 degrees north 1

Longitude

79.03917 degrees west 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

North Carolina

Source Chapel Hill, North Carolina (Wikipedia)

United States

Source Chapel Hill, North Carolina (Wikipedia)

On Continent

North America

In the Other Atlases

Also in Education Atlas: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, part of this there.

Sources

1. Chapel Hill, North Carolina (Wikipedia)

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Chapel Hill is an incorporated municipality in the counties of Orange and Durham, North Carolina, United States. Its population was 61,960 in the 2020 United States census, making Chapel Hill the 17th-most populous municipality in the state.

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1. Chapel Hill, North Carolina (Wikipedia)

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