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The town of Hillsborough is the county seat of Orange County, North Carolina and is located along the Eno River. The population was 6,087 in 2010.Its name was unofficially shortened to Hillsboro during the 19th century. In the late 1960s, residents voted to change the name back to its original, historic spelling.
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  • 1. North Carolina Zoo Asheboro
    Asheboro is a city in and the county seat of Randolph County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 25,012 at the 2010 census. It is the home of the state-owned North Carolina Zoo.
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  • 2. University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
    This is a list of notable alumni of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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  • 4. Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area Hillsborough North Carolina
    Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area is a North Carolina state park in Orange County, North Carolina in the United States. Located adjacent to the town of Hillsborough, it covers 190 acres and includes Occoneechee Mountain, the highest point in Orange County and a settlement of the Occaneechi tribe.
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  • 5. Ayr Mount Historic Site Hillsborough North Carolina
    Ayr Mount is a Federal style plantation house located east of Hillsborough, in Orange County, North Carolina, the United States of America. In 1799, William Kirkland bought 500 acres east of Hillsborough. Circa 1815, he had a home built for himself, his wife, Margaret, and their children. The brick dwelling consists of a two-story, three bay main block flanked by one-story, two bay wings. It features a one-story, full width front porch added about 1894.The Kirkland family lived at Ayr Mount for four generations, with the last Kirkland, Mrs. Samuel Kirkland, residing at Ayr Mount until 1985. The property had gone through several owners prior to Kirkland's purchase of the property, the most well-known being William Few, Jr., whose father, William Few, Sr., had a house built on the property c...
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  • 6. Old Town Cemetery Hillsborough North Carolina
    Thomas Hart Benton , nicknamed Old Bullion, was a United States Senator from Missouri. A member of the Democratic Party, he was an architect and champion of westward expansion by the United States, a cause that became known as Manifest Destiny. Benton served in the Senate from 1821 to 1851, becoming the first member of that body to serve five terms. Benton was born in Harts Mill, North Carolina. After graduating from the University of North Carolina, he established a law practice and plantation near Nashville, Tennessee. He served as an aide to General Andrew Jackson during the War of 1812 and settled in St. Louis, Missouri, after the war. Missouri became a state in 1821 and Benton won election as one of its inaugural pair of United States Senators. The Democratic-Republican Party fracture...
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  • 7. Occoneechee Orange Speedway Hillsborough North Carolina
    Occoneechee Speedway was one of the first two NASCAR tracks to open. It closed in 1968 and is the only dirt track remaining from the inaugural 1949 season.It is located just outside the town of Hillsborough, North Carolina.
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  • 8. Orange County Historical Museum Hillsborough North Carolina
    Orange County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 133,801. Its county seat is Hillsborough.Orange County is included in the Durham–Chapel Hill, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Raleigh–Durham–Chapel Hill, NC Combined Statistical Area, which had a 2012 estimated population of 1,998,808.It is home to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the flagship institution of the University of North Carolina System and the oldest state-supported university in the United States.
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  • 9. Burwell School Historic Site Hillsborough North Carolina
    The Burwell School is an American historic site and former school, located in Hillsborough, North Carolina. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and located in the Hillsborough Historic District.
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  • 11. Hanging Rock State Park Danbury North Carolina
    Hanging Rock State Park is a 7,869-acre North Carolina state park in Stokes County, North Carolina in the United States. The park is 30 miles north of Winston-Salem and is located approximately 2 miles from Danbury in Stokes County.
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  • 12. Hillsborough Visitors Center Hillsborough North Carolina
    The town of Hillsborough is the county seat of Orange County, North Carolina and is located along the Eno River. The population was 6,087 in 2010.Its name was unofficially shortened to Hillsboro during the 19th century. In the late 1960s, residents voted to change the name back to its original, historic spelling.
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  • 14. Gold Park Hillsborough North Carolina
    Florida State University is a public space-grant and sea-grant research university with its primary campus on a 1,428.6 acres campus in Tallahassee, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida. Founded in 1851, it is located on the oldest continuous site of higher education in the state of Florida.The university is classified as a Research University with Very High Research by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The university comprises 16 separate colleges and more than 110 centers, facilities, labs and institutes that offer more than 360 programs of study, including professional school programs. The university has an annual budget of over $1.7 billion and an annual economic impact of over $10 billion. Florida State is home to Florida's on...
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