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Durham County North Carolina ☎ +1 919-560-0000 Last Updated: 09/29/2026 |
| Durham County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 324,833. Its county seat is Durham. Notable physical features include the Eno and Neuse Rivers, New Hope and Mountain Creeks, and Lake Michie. | |
| Several landmarks and historic sites are situated in Durham County, including Bennett Place, scene of Confederate general Joseph E. Johnston's surrender to Union general William T. Sherman at the close of the Civil War; the Duke Homestead; Historic Stagville Plantation (1857); downtown Durham's Carolina Theatre; and West Point on the Eno, a popular 388-acre park. | |