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A town in Orange County, North Carolina — population 63,705 as of 2020.
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News in Chapel Hill
Top 25 roundup: CJ Carr’s 5-TD day leads No. 3 Notre Dame over UNC
CJ Carr threw for four touchdowns and ran for another as No. 3 Notre Dame beat North Carolina 37-26 in rainy conditions in Chapel Hill, N.C.
General
2026 Carrboro-Chapel Hill Community Holiday Parade Participant Application Now Open
Walk, dance, bike, and scoot your way through the Carrboro-Chapel Hill Community Holiday Parade on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2026 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.! We’re looking for local organizations and businesses to participate.
Events
Carolina Journal
September 24Media groups appeal ruling keeping UNC’s $1.2M SCiLL report secret
A media coalition is appealing a judge’s recent decision allowing the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to keep a $1.2 million report confidential. The report covers UNC’s School of Civic Life and Leadership.
Education
Enjoy the 2nd Friday Art Walk and Artist Receptions on Sept. 11
Enjoy the 2nd Friday Art Walk around downtown Carrboro and Chapel Hill on Friday, Sept. 11
Creatives & Arts
Talón de Brea y otras literaturas puertorriqueñas: Entrevista a Carlos Vázquez Cruz
Carlos Vázquez Cruz no escribe para caerte bien. Talón de brea , su nueva colección (Riel Editores), registra el pulso de un país amenazado desde el exilio de Chapel Hill, sin pedir permiso ni traducir su español sanlorenceño para nadie. Con Nelson Rivera , el autor desarma la…
Creatives & Arts
Coastal Review
July 31‘Peering into the black box of nutrition’: Study tracks diets
Dr. Rachel Noble of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Institute of Marine Sciences and colleagues used technology developed to track COVID-19 in municipal wastewater to now track populations’ dietary habits so their nutritional health may be studied and improved.
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Chapel Hill by the numbers
- Area
- 21.6 sq mi (55.93 km²), 0.15 sq mi water
- Median age
- 25.8
- Households
- 21,189
- Persons per household
- 2.4
- Median household income
- $85,989
- Median house value
- $613,700
- Office
- MAYOR
- Address
- 405 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BLVD, CHAPEL HILL, NC 27514