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Durham County

county in North Carolina, United States
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Summary

Durham County is a county of North Carolina[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of county of north carolina entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,587 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: North Carolina[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Durham[5]
  • Shares border with: Person County[6], Granville County[7], Wake County[8], Chatham County[9], Orange County[10]
  • Named after: Bartlett S. Durham[11]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Durham[12]
  • Commons category: Durham County, North Carolina[13]
  • Inception: 1881[14]
  • Coordinate location: 36.04, -78.87[15]
  • Official website: https://dconc.gov/[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Durham County, North Carolina[17]
  • Population: 267,587[18], 270,777[19], 276,122[20], 282,081[21], 288,133[22], 300,952[23], 324,833[24]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Durham County, North Carolina[25]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Durham County, North Carolina[26]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Durham County, North Carolina[27]
  • Number of households: 130,128[28]
  • Native label: Durham County[29]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C109609[30]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Durham County, North Carolina[31]
  • Different from: Durham County[32]
  • Area: 771[33]
  • Water as percent of area: 4[34]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[35]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Durham County, North Carolina[36]
  • Social media followers: 20,006[37], 18,497[38], 20,400[39], 20,720[40]

Why It Matters

Durham County has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

Related Entities

Govdirectory North Carolina United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Durham County, Nort
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Durham County, North Carolina.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States pres"
  2. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxonomicon id → 1806858
    Umls cui → C3830368
    Obo gazetteer id → 00006360
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
  3. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Social media followers → {'amount': '+20006'}, {'amount': '+18497'}, {'amount': '+20400'} +1
    Population → {'amount': '+267587'}, {'amount': '+270777'}, {'amount': '+276122'} +4
    Area → {'amount': '+771'}
    Named after → Bartlett S. Durham
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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