{"id":6532,"date":"2023-07-30T10:45:14","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T10:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=6532"},"modified":"2026-07-31T18:41:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T18:41:30","slug":"durham-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/durham-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Durham County, North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"

Durham County is a county in North Carolina, United States, about 23 miles northwest of
\nRaleigh at the northern point of the Research Triangle. It had a population of 324,833 at the
\n2020 census, an estimated 347,240 by 2025, and covers 298 square miles (771 km2) centred near
\n36\u00b002\u2032N 78\u00b053\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Durham is the county seat and its only incorporated city; its postal code is 27701. The
\ncounty holds one incorporated city, two census-designated places and several unincorporated
\ncrossroads communities — plus small edges of three neighbouring cities that spill across
\nthe county line — and it runs on Eastern time. Its FIPS code is 37063.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Durham County<\/h2>\n

Durham County has only one incorporated municipality: the city of Durham itself, which holds
\nmost of the county’s population. The rest of the county is unincorporated, organised around two
\ncensus-designated places (Gorman and Rougemont) and a handful of small rural communities. Three
\nneighbouring cities — Raleigh, Chapel Hill and Morrisville, each based mainly in an
\nadjoining county — also have small edges that extend into Durham County. Type legend:
\nCity · seat, City (edge only, based in another county), CDP, Unincorp.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Durham<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n283,506<\/td>\n27701–27713<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rougemont<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n1,001<\/td>\n27572<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gorman<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n1,104<\/td>\n27704<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bahama<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n27503<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bethesda<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n27713<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Braggtown<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n27704<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Genlee<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n27704<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lowe’s Grove<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n27713<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nelson<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n27705<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oak Grove<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n27705<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Raleigh (edge)<\/td>\nCity · edge only<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n27614<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chapel Hill (edge)<\/td>\nCity · edge only<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n27517<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Morrisville (edge)<\/td>\nCity · edge only<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n27560<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

The county’s earlier settlement list mixed roughly sixty Durham city neighbourhoods —
\nsubdivisions such as Hope Valley, Woodcroft, Parkwood and Forest Acres — in with the
\ncounty’s actual incorporated and census-recognised places, presenting them as if they were
\nseparate towns. They aren’t: those are neighbourhoods inside Durham’s city limits, not distinct
\nmunicipalities, so this page lists the county’s real places instead. Raleigh and Chapel Hill
\nappear here only because a small sliver of each city’s limits, based mainly in Wake County and
\nOrange County respectively, crosses into Durham County; neither city’s downtown or bulk of its
\npopulation is here.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n