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Chapel Hill

North Carolina, United States
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Chapel Hill, town, Orange county, central North Carolina, U.S., about 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Durham and some 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Raleigh; with these two cities it constitutes one of the stateā€™s major urban areas, the Research Triangle. It was founded in 1792 and named for the Church of England New Hope Chapel that once stood at the crossroads on the hill at the settlementā€™s centre. With the adjoining town of...

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