Cities

Durham

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General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Durham." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/durham.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Durham. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/durham

BibTeX

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

Durham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina, being the county seat of Durham County, with outskirts of the city limits also extending into Orange County and Wake County. It had a population of 283,506 at the 2020 census.

Facts

Population

283,506 1

Area (sq km)

300.92 1

Founding Year

1869 1

Population Estimate Year

2020 1

Elevation (m)

123 1

Latitude

35.97861 degrees north 1

Longitude

78.9 degrees west 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

North Carolina

Source Durham, North Carolina (Wikipedia)

United States

Source Durham, North Carolina (Wikipedia)

In the Other Atlases

Also in Education Atlas: Duke University, part of this there.

Sources

1. Durham, North Carolina (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationLead section

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Durham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina, being the county seat of Durham County, with outskirts of the city limits also extending into Orange County and Wake County.

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1. Durham, North Carolina (Wikipedia)

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