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Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Chapel Hill is a town in Orange and Durham counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Its population was 61,960 in the 2020 census, making Chapel Hill the 17th-most populous municipality in the state.[4] Chapel Hill, Durham, and the state capital, Raleigh, make up the corners of the Research Triangle (officially the Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC Combined Statistical Area), with a total population of 2,106,463 in 2020.[4][5]

Chapel Hill
Nickname: 
Southern Part of Heaven
Motto(s): 
"Learning, Serving & Working Together To Build A Community Where People Thrive."
Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill
Coordinates: 35°55′38″N 79°02′21″W / 35.92722°N 79.03917°W / 35.92722; -79.03917
Country United States
State North Carolina
CountiesOrange (most)
Durham (small part)[1]
Founded1793
Chartered1851
Named forNew Hope Chapel
Government
 • TypeCouncil–manager
 • MayorJessica Anderson (D)
Area
 • Total21.75 sq mi (56.32 km2)
 • Land21.60 sq mi (55.93 km2)
 • Water0.15 sq mi (0.39 km2)  0.69%
Elevation262 ft (80 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total61,960
 • Estimate 
(2022)
62,098
 • Density2,869.05/sq mi (1,107.75/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
27514-27517
Area codes919, 984
FIPS code37-11800
GNIS feature ID2406255[3]
Primary AirportRDU
Websitewww.townofchapelhill.org

The town was founded in 1793 and is centered on Franklin Street, covering 21.3 square miles (55 km2). It contains several districts and buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and UNC Health Care are a major part of the economy and town influence. Local artists have created many murals.

History edit

Pre-establishment and colonial era edit

The Occaneechi Indians lived in the area of what is now Hillsborough, north of Chapel Hill, prior to European settlement.[6]

The area was the home place of early settler William Barbee of Middlesex County, Virginia, whose 1753 grant of 585 acres on the north and south side of "Lick Branch"[7] from John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville was the first of two land grants in what is now the Chapel Hill-Durham area. Though William Barbee died shortly after settling there in 1758,[8] one of his eight children, Christopher Barbee, became an important contributor to his father's adopted community and to the fledgling University of North Carolina.[9] In 1792, he offered the trustees of UNC 221 acres on which the university is now built, making him the university's largest donor.[7]

 
A mural at Amber Alley between Franklin and Rosemary streets

Chapel Hill has developed along a hill; the crest was the original site of a small Anglican "chapel of ease", built in 1752, known as New Hope Chapel. The Carolina Inn now occupies this site. In 1819, the town was founded by the NC General Assembly[10] to serve the University of North Carolina and developed around it. The town was chartered in 1851,[11] and its main street, Franklin Street, was named in memory of Benjamin Franklin.[12][13]

Civil War edit

Four in ten Chapel Hillians were enslaved at the start of the Civil War, and about half of the town was Black.[14] In April 1865, as the war ended, the 9th Michigan Cavalry rode into Chapel Hill and occupied the university and the town for more than two weeks.[15]

Civil rights era edit

In 1969, a year after the town fully integrated its schools, Chapel Hill elected Howard Lee as mayor. It was the first majority-white municipality in the South to elect an African-American mayor.[16] Serving from 1969 to 1975, Lee helped establish Chapel Hill Transit, the town's bus system, and the Mountains-to-Sea trail.[17]

Some 30 years later, in 2002, the state passed legislation to provide free service to all riders on local buses. The bus operations are funded through Chapel Hill and Carrboro town taxes, federal grants, and UNC student tuition. The change has resulted in a large increase in ridership, taking many cars off the roads. Several hybrid and articulated buses have been added recently. All buses carry GPS transmitters to report their location in real-time to a tracking web site. Buses can transport bicycles and have wheelchair lifts.

In 1993, the town celebrated its bicentennial and founded the Chapel Hill Museum. This cultural community resource "exhibiting the character and characters of Chapel Hill, North Carolina" includes among its permanent exhibits Alexander Julian, History of the Chapel Hill Fire Department, Chapel Hill's 1914 Fire Truck, The James Taylor Story, Farmer/James Pottery, and The Paul Green Legacy.[18]

In addition to the Carolina Inn, the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity House, Chapel Hill Historic District, Chapel Hill Town Hall, Chapel of the Cross, Gimghoul Neighborhood Historic District, Alexander Hogan Plantation, Old Chapel Hill Cemetery, Old East, University of North Carolina, Playmakers Theatre, Rocky Ridge Farm Historic District, and West Chapel Hill Historic District are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[19]

Geography and climate edit

 
Interactive map of Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill is located in the southeast corner of Orange County, with a small part extending east into Durham County. It is bounded on the west by the town of Carrboro and on the northeast by the city of Durham. However, most of Chapel Hill's borders are adjacent to unincorporated portions of Orange and Durham Counties rather than shared with another municipality. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 21.75 square miles (56.3 km2), of which 21.60 square miles (55.9 km2) is land and 0.15 square miles (0.39 km2) (0.69%) is water.[2]

Climate data for Chapel Hill, NC (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1891–present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 85
(29)
85
(29)
92
(33)
98
(37)
98
(37)
104
(40)
107
(42)
106
(41)
104
(40)
99
(37)
88
(31)
84
(29)
107
(42)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 50.7
(10.4)
54.3
(12.4)
61.8
(16.6)
71.5
(21.9)
78.6
(25.9)
85.7
(29.8)
89.5
(31.9)
87.5
(30.8)
81.8
(27.7)
72.1
(22.3)
62.0
(16.7)
53.7
(12.1)
70.8
(21.6)
Daily mean °F (°C) 40.0
(4.4)
42.8
(6.0)
49.9
(9.9)
59.2
(15.1)
67.5
(19.7)
75.4
(24.1)
79.4
(26.3)
77.6
(25.3)
71.7
(22.1)
60.3
(15.7)
49.9
(9.9)
43.1
(6.2)
59.7
(15.4)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 29.4
(−1.4)
31.3
(−0.4)
38.0
(3.3)
46.8
(8.2)
56.3
(13.5)
65.0
(18.3)
69.3
(20.7)
67.7
(19.8)
61.5
(16.4)
48.5
(9.2)
37.8
(3.2)
32.4
(0.2)
48.7
(9.3)
Record low °F (°C) −8
(−22)
−6
(−21)
9
(−13)
20
(−7)
29
(−2)
40
(4)
48
(9)
42
(6)
35
(2)
20
(−7)
12
(−11)
0
(−18)
−8
(−22)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 3.95
(100)
3.27
(83)
4.39
(112)
3.71
(94)
3.78
(96)
4.08
(104)
4.82
(122)
4.30
(109)
5.42
(138)
3.77
(96)
3.50
(89)
3.87
(98)
48.86
(1,241)
Average snowfall inches (cm) 1.5
(3.8)
0.9
(2.3)
0.1
(0.25)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.1
(0.25)
0.2
(0.51)
2.8
(7.1)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) 11.3 10.4 11.5 9.9 10.3 10.7 10.9 10.7 9.1 8.5 9.2 11.3 123.8
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) 0.9 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.9
Source: NOAA[20][21]

Demographics edit

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1880831
18901,01722.4%
19001,0998.1%
19101,1494.5%
19201,48329.1%
19302,69982.0%
19403,65435.4%
19509,177151.1%
196012,57337.0%
197026,199108.4%
198032,42123.7%
199038,71919.4%
200048,71525.8%
201057,23317.5%
202061,9608.3%
2022 (est.)62,098[4]0.2%
U.S. Decennial Census[22]
2020[4]

Durham, North Carolina, is the core of the four-county Durham-Chapel Hill Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a population of 504,357 as of 2010 census. The US Office of Management and Budget also includes Chapel Hill as a part of the Raleigh-Durham-Cary Combined Statistical Area, which has a population of 2,106,463 as of the 2020 census.[5] Effective June 6, 2003, the Office of Management and Budget redefined the federal statistical areas and dismantled what had been for decades the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill MSA, and split them into two separate MSAs, though the region functions as a single metropolitan area.

2020 census edit

Chapel Hill racial composition[23]
Race Number Percentage
White (non-Hispanic) 38,678 62.42%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 5,848 9.44%
Native American 151 0.24%
Asian 9,275 14.97%
Pacific Islander 19 0.03%
Other/Mixed 3,255 5.25%
Hispanic or Latino 4,734 7.64%

As of the 2020 census, there were 61,960 people, 20,369 households, and 10,552 families residing in the town.

2010 census edit

At the 2010 census, there were 57,233 people in 20,564 households residing in the town. The population density was 2,687 people per square mile (1,037 people/km2). The racial composition of the town was 72.8% White, 9.7% African American, 0.3% Native American, 11.9% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 2.7% some other race, and 2.7% of two or more races. About 6.4% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.[24]

Of the 20,564 households, 51.1% were families, 26.2% of all households had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.2% were headed by married couples living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 48.9% were not families. About 30.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.98.[24]

In the town, the population was distributed as 17.4% under the age of 18, 31.5% from 18 to 24, 23.6% from 25 to 44, 18.4% from 45 to 64, and 9.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 25.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.6 males.[24]

According to estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau, over the three-year period of 2005 through 2007, the median income for a household in the town was $51,690, and for a family was $91,049.[25] Males had a median income of $50,258 versus $32,917 for females. The per capita income for the town was $35,796. About 8.6% of families and 19.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.6% of those under age 18 and 5.6% of those age 65 or over.

Chapel Hill is North Carolina's best-educated municipality, proportionately, with 77% of adult residents (25 and older) holding an associate degree or higher, and 73% of adults possessing a baccalaureate degree or higher.[26]

Government edit

Chapel Hill uses a council–manager form of government. The community elects a mayor and eight council members. Mayors serve two-year terms, and council members serve staggered four-year terms, all elected by the town at large; town elections are held in November of odd-numbered years. Mayor Jessica Anderson, a former council member, succeeded four-term mayor Pam Hemminger in 2023.[27] In 2015, Hemminger defeated incumbent Mark Kleinschmidt, who had been elected in 2009 as the first openly gay mayor of Chapel Hill, succeeding outgoing four-term mayor Kevin Foy.[28]

The town adopted its flag in 1990. According to flag designer Spring Davis, the blue represents the town and the University of North Carolina (whose colors are Carolina blue and white); the green represents "environmental awareness"; and the "townscape" in the inverted chevron represents "a sense of home, friends, and community."[29]

The town's seal, has, since the 1930s, depicted Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom and protector of cities. Having gone through several revisions, the seal, which also serves as the town logo, was most recently updated in 2005 to a visually simpler version.[30][31]

Education edit

 
Caroll Hall which houses the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro school district covers most of the towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro, along with portions of unincorporated Orange County, and is recognized for its academic strengths. East Chapel Hill High School, Carrboro High School, and Chapel Hill High School have all received national recognition for excellence, with Newsweek in 2008 ranking East Chapel Hill High as the 88th-best high school in the nation, and the highest-ranked standard public high school in North Carolina.[32] The small portion of Chapel Hill located in Durham County is part of Durham Public Schools.

There are several private K-12 schools in Chapel Hill, including Emerson Waldorf School.

Founded in 1789, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university and is the flagship of the University of North Carolina system.

The state's main youth orchestra, Piedmont Youth Orchestra, is based in Chapel Hill.

Also located in the town is the Chapel Hill Public Library, directed by Susan Brown.[33]

Culture edit

 
Chapel Hill fire truck, painted with the colors of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Though Chapel Hill is a principal town of a large metropolitan area, it retains a relatively small-town feel. Combined with its close neighbor, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area has roughly 85,000 residents. Many large murals can be seen painted on the buildings. Most of these murals were painted by UNC alumnus Michael Brown.[34] Also, for more than 30 years, Chapel Hill has sponsored the annual street fair, Festifall, in October.[35] The fair offer booths to artists, craftsmakers, nonprofits, and food vendors. Performance space is also available for musicians, martial artists, and other groups. The fair is attended by tens of thousands each year.

 
The Sorrell building on Franklin Street has housed a movie theater (currently called the Varsity Theatre) since its construction in 1927.[36]

The Morehead Planetarium was the first planetarium built on a U.S. college campus. When it opened in 1949, it was one of six planetariums in the nation and has remained an important town landmark.[37] During the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs, astronauts were trained there.[38] One of the town's hallmark features is the giant sundial, located in the rose gardens in front of the planetarium on Franklin Street.

Influences of the university are seen throughout the town, even in the fire departments. Each fire station in Chapel Hill has a fire engine (numbers 31, 32, 33, 34, and 35) that is Carolina blue.[12] These engines are also decorated with different UNC decals, including a firefighter Rameses.

Chapel Hill also has some new urbanist village communities, such as Meadowmont Village and Southern Village.[39] Meadowmont and Southern Village both have shopping centers, green space where concerts, movies, and other outdoor events have taken place, community pools, and schools. Also, a traditional-style mall with a mix of national and local retailers is located at University Place.

Food edit

Hailed as one of America's Foodiest Small Towns by Bon Appétit,[40] Chapel Hill is rapidly becoming a hot spot for pop American cuisine. Among the restaurants noted nationally are Mama Dip's (Food Network's $40 A Day With Rachael Ray),[41] Crook's Corner, Sunrise Biscuit Kitchen (The Splendid Table), caffè Driade (Food Network's $40 A Day With Rachael Ray),[41] Lantern Restaurant (Food & Wine, Southern Living, etc.), and Vimala's Curryblossom Cafe.[42]

Music edit

In the realm of popular music, James Taylor, George Hamilton IV, Southern Culture on the Skids, Superchunk, Polvo, Archers of Loaf, Ben Folds Five, The Kingsbury Manx, Spider Bags and more recently Porter Robinson, are among the most notable musical artists and acts whose careers began in Chapel Hill. The town has also been a center for the modern revival of old-time music with such bands as the Ayr Mountaineers, Hollow Rock String band, Mandolin Orange, the Tug Creek Ramblers, Two Dollar Pistols, the Fuzzy Mountain String band, Big Fat Gap and the Red Clay Ramblers.[43]

Chapel Hill was also the founding home of now Durham-based Merge Records. Bruce Springsteen has made a point to visit the town on four occasions. His most recent appearance was on September 15, 2003, at Kenan Memorial Stadium with the E Street Band. U2 also performed at Kenan on the first American date of their 1983 War Tour, where Bono climbed up to the top of the stage, during pouring rain and lightning, holding up a white flag for peace. The 2011 John Craigie song, "Chapel Hill", is about the singer's first visit there.[44] One song from Dirty, a Sonic Youth album, is named after the town.

Sports edit

 
The Dean Smith Center is home of North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball.

The University of North Carolina has been very successful at college basketball and women's soccer, and a passion for these sports has been a distinctive feature of the town's culture, fueled by the Tobacco Road rivalry among North Carolina's four ACC teams: the North Carolina Tar Heels, the Duke Blue Devils, the NC State Wolfpack, and the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.

The two largest sports venues in the town both house UNC teams. The Dean Smith Center is home to the men's basketball team, while Kenan Memorial Stadium is home to the football team. In addition, Chapel Hill is also home to Carmichael Arena which formerly housed the UNC men's basketball team, and currently is home to the women's team, and to the new Dorrance Field, home to men's and women's soccer and lacrosse teams.

Many walking/biking trails are in Chapel Hill. Some of these include Battle Branch Trail, Morgan Creek Trail[45] and Bolin Creek Trail, Chapel Hill's oldest trail and most popular greenway.[46]

Media edit

  • WCHL:[47] local AM radio station (1360AM, 97.9FM) providing talk radio, news, and local sports coverage as the flagship station of the Tar Heel Sports Network.
  • WUNC:[48] local public radio station (91.5FM) located on the UNC campus.
  • WXYC:[49] noncommercial student-run radio station (89.3FM) on the UNC campus. In 1994, it became the first radio station in the world to broadcast over the internet.
  • The Daily Tar Heel[50] is the nationally ranked, independent student newspaper that serves the university and the town. The free newspaper is printed thrice weekly during the academic year and weekly during summer sessions.
  • The Sun Magazine[51] is an independent, ad-free magazine that for more than 40 years has published personal essays, interviews, short stories, poetry, and photographs.
  • Carrboro Citizen[52] was a locally owned community newspaper covering local news, politics and town government of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. The last issue was published in October 2012.
  • The metro area has TV broadcasting stations that serve the Raleigh-Durham Designated Market Area (DMA) as defined by Nielsen Media Research.

Transit edit

Bus edit

Chapel Hill has intracity bus service via Chapel Hill Transit. Go Triangle provides connection to the rest of the Triangle (Raleigh, Durham, and Hillsborough), of which the Hillsborough service is operated by Chapel Hill Transit, and supplemented mid-day by a county shuttle.

Light rail edit

The Durham–Orange Light Rail line, which would have run between Chapel Hill and Durham, entered planning and engineering phases in August 2017. The project was discontinued in April 2019.[53]

Notable people edit

 
UNC's wooded campus buffers the town center

Sister cities edit

See also edit

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Chapel Hill is a town in Orange and Durham counties in the U S state of North Carolina Its population was 61 960 in the 2020 census making Chapel Hill the 17th most populous municipality in the state 4 Chapel Hill Durham and the state capital Raleigh make up the corners of the Research Triangle officially the Raleigh Durham Cary NC Combined Statistical Area with a total population of 2 106 463 in 2020 4 5 Chapel HillTownFranklin StreetFlagSealNickname Southern Part of HeavenMotto s Learning Serving amp Working Together To Build A Community Where People Thrive Chapel HillShow map of North CarolinaChapel HillShow map of the United StatesCoordinates 35 55 38 N 79 02 21 W 35 92722 N 79 03917 W 35 92722 79 03917Country United StatesState North CarolinaCountiesOrange most Durham small part 1 Founded1793Chartered1851Named forNew Hope ChapelGovernment TypeCouncil manager MayorJessica Anderson D Area 2 Total21 75 sq mi 56 32 km2 Land21 60 sq mi 55 93 km2 Water0 15 sq mi 0 39 km2 0 69 Elevation 3 262 ft 80 m Population 2020 Total61 960 Estimate 2022 62 098 Density2 869 05 sq mi 1 107 75 km2 Time zoneUTC 5 EST Summer DST UTC 4 EDT ZIP codes27514 27517Area codes919 984FIPS code37 11800GNIS feature ID2406255 3 Primary AirportRDUWebsitewww wbr townofchapelhill wbr orgThe town was founded in 1793 and is centered on Franklin Street covering 21 3 square miles 55 km2 It contains several districts and buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and UNC Health Care are a major part of the economy and town influence Local artists have created many murals Contents 1 History 1 1 Pre establishment and colonial era 1 2 Civil War 1 3 Civil rights era 2 Geography and climate 3 Demographics 3 1 2020 census 3 2 2010 census 4 Government 5 Education 6 Culture 6 1 Food 6 2 Music 6 3 Sports 6 4 Media 7 Transit 7 1 Bus 7 2 Light rail 8 Notable people 9 Sister cities 10 See also 11 References 12 External linksHistory editPre establishment and colonial era edit The Occaneechi Indians lived in the area of what is now Hillsborough north of Chapel Hill prior to European settlement 6 The area was the home place of early settler William Barbee of Middlesex County Virginia whose 1753 grant of 585 acres on the north and south side of Lick Branch 7 from John Carteret 2nd Earl Granville was the first of two land grants in what is now the Chapel Hill Durham area Though William Barbee died shortly after settling there in 1758 8 one of his eight children Christopher Barbee became an important contributor to his father s adopted community and to the fledgling University of North Carolina 9 In 1792 he offered the trustees of UNC 221 acres on which the university is now built making him the university s largest donor 7 nbsp A mural at Amber Alley between Franklin and Rosemary streetsChapel Hill has developed along a hill the crest was the original site of a small Anglican chapel of ease built in 1752 known as New Hope Chapel The Carolina Inn now occupies this site In 1819 the town was founded by the NC General Assembly 10 to serve the University of North Carolina and developed around it The town was chartered in 1851 11 and its main street Franklin Street was named in memory of Benjamin Franklin 12 13 Civil War edit Four in ten Chapel Hillians were enslaved at the start of the Civil War and about half of the town was Black 14 In April 1865 as the war ended the 9th Michigan Cavalry rode into Chapel Hill and occupied the university and the town for more than two weeks 15 Civil rights era edit In 1969 a year after the town fully integrated its schools Chapel Hill elected Howard Lee as mayor It was the first majority white municipality in the South to elect an African American mayor 16 Serving from 1969 to 1975 Lee helped establish Chapel Hill Transit the town s bus system and the Mountains to Sea trail 17 Some 30 years later in 2002 the state passed legislation to provide free service to all riders on local buses The bus operations are funded through Chapel Hill and Carrboro town taxes federal grants and UNC student tuition The change has resulted in a large increase in ridership taking many cars off the roads Several hybrid and articulated buses have been added recently All buses carry GPS transmitters to report their location in real time to a tracking web site Buses can transport bicycles and have wheelchair lifts In 1993 the town celebrated its bicentennial and founded the Chapel Hill Museum This cultural community resource exhibiting the character and characters of Chapel Hill North Carolina includes among its permanent exhibits Alexander Julian History of the Chapel Hill Fire Department Chapel Hill s 1914 Fire Truck The James Taylor Story Farmer James Pottery and The Paul Green Legacy 18 In addition to the Carolina Inn the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity House Chapel Hill Historic District Chapel Hill Town Hall Chapel of the Cross Gimghoul Neighborhood Historic District Alexander Hogan Plantation Old Chapel Hill Cemetery Old East University of North Carolina Playmakers Theatre Rocky Ridge Farm Historic District and West Chapel Hill Historic District are listed on the National Register of Historic Places 19 Geography and climate edit nbsp Interactive map of Chapel Hill Chapel Hill is located in the southeast corner of Orange County with a small part extending east into Durham County It is bounded on the west by the town of Carrboro and on the northeast by the city of Durham However most of Chapel Hill s borders are adjacent to unincorporated portions of Orange and Durham Counties rather than shared with another municipality According to the United States Census Bureau the town has a total area of 21 75 square miles 56 3 km2 of which 21 60 square miles 55 9 km2 is land and 0 15 square miles 0 39 km2 0 69 is water 2 Climate data for Chapel Hill NC 1991 2020 normals extremes 1891 present Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YearRecord high F C 85 29 85 29 92 33 98 37 98 37 104 40 107 42 106 41 104 40 99 37 88 31 84 29 107 42 Mean daily maximum F C 50 7 10 4 54 3 12 4 61 8 16 6 71 5 21 9 78 6 25 9 85 7 29 8 89 5 31 9 87 5 30 8 81 8 27 7 72 1 22 3 62 0 16 7 53 7 12 1 70 8 21 6 Daily mean F C 40 0 4 4 42 8 6 0 49 9 9 9 59 2 15 1 67 5 19 7 75 4 24 1 79 4 26 3 77 6 25 3 71 7 22 1 60 3 15 7 49 9 9 9 43 1 6 2 59 7 15 4 Mean daily minimum F C 29 4 1 4 31 3 0 4 38 0 3 3 46 8 8 2 56 3 13 5 65 0 18 3 69 3 20 7 67 7 19 8 61 5 16 4 48 5 9 2 37 8 3 2 32 4 0 2 48 7 9 3 Record low F C 8 22 6 21 9 13 20 7 29 2 40 4 48 9 42 6 35 2 20 7 12 11 0 18 8 22 Average precipitation inches mm 3 95 100 3 27 83 4 39 112 3 71 94 3 78 96 4 08 104 4 82 122 4 30 109 5 42 138 3 77 96 3 50 89 3 87 98 48 86 1 241 Average snowfall inches cm 1 5 3 8 0 9 2 3 0 1 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25 0 2 0 51 2 8 7 1 Average precipitation days 0 01 in 11 3 10 4 11 5 9 9 10 3 10 7 10 9 10 7 9 1 8 5 9 2 11 3 123 8Average snowy days 0 1 in 0 9 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 9Source NOAA 20 21 Demographics editHistorical population CensusPop Note 1880831 18901 01722 4 19001 0998 1 19101 1494 5 19201 48329 1 19302 69982 0 19403 65435 4 19509 177151 1 196012 57337 0 197026 199108 4 198032 42123 7 199038 71919 4 200048 71525 8 201057 23317 5 202061 9608 3 2022 est 62 098 4 0 2 U S Decennial Census 22 2020 4 Durham North Carolina is the core of the four county Durham Chapel Hill Metropolitan Statistical Area which has a population of 504 357 as of 2010 census The US Office of Management and Budget also includes Chapel Hill as a part of the Raleigh Durham Cary Combined Statistical Area which has a population of 2 106 463 as of the 2020 census 5 Effective June 6 2003 the Office of Management and Budget redefined the federal statistical areas and dismantled what had been for decades the Raleigh Durham Chapel Hill MSA and split them into two separate MSAs though the region functions as a single metropolitan area 2020 census edit Chapel Hill racial composition 23 Race Number PercentageWhite non Hispanic 38 678 62 42 Black or African American non Hispanic 5 848 9 44 Native American 151 0 24 Asian 9 275 14 97 Pacific Islander 19 0 03 Other Mixed 3 255 5 25 Hispanic or Latino 4 734 7 64 As of the 2020 census there were 61 960 people 20 369 households and 10 552 families residing in the town 2010 census edit At the 2010 census there were 57 233 people in 20 564 households residing in the town The population density was 2 687 people per square mile 1 037 people km2 The racial composition of the town was 72 8 White 9 7 African American 0 3 Native American 11 9 Asian 0 02 Pacific Islander 2 7 some other race and 2 7 of two or more races About 6 4 of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race 24 Of the 20 564 households 51 1 were families 26 2 of all households had children under the age of 18 living with them 40 2 were headed by married couples living together 8 2 had a female householder with no husband present and 48 9 were not families About 30 6 of all households were made up of individuals and 7 7 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older The average household size was 2 35 and the average family size was 2 98 24 In the town the population was distributed as 17 4 under the age of 18 31 5 from 18 to 24 23 6 from 25 to 44 18 4 from 45 to 64 and 9 2 who were 65 years of age or older The median age was 25 6 years For every 100 females there were 87 2 males For every 100 females age 18 and over there were 83 6 males 24 According to estimates released by the U S Census Bureau over the three year period of 2005 through 2007 the median income for a household in the town was 51 690 and for a family was 91 049 25 Males had a median income of 50 258 versus 32 917 for females The per capita income for the town was 35 796 About 8 6 of families and 19 8 of the population were below the poverty line including 8 6 of those under age 18 and 5 6 of those age 65 or over Chapel Hill is North Carolina s best educated municipality proportionately with 77 of adult residents 25 and older holding an associate degree or higher and 73 of adults possessing a baccalaureate degree or higher 26 Government editSee also List of mayors of Chapel Hill North Carolina Chapel Hill uses a council manager form of government The community elects a mayor and eight council members Mayors serve two year terms and council members serve staggered four year terms all elected by the town at large town elections are held in November of odd numbered years Mayor Jessica Anderson a former council member succeeded four term mayor Pam Hemminger in 2023 27 In 2015 Hemminger defeated incumbent Mark Kleinschmidt who had been elected in 2009 as the first openly gay mayor of Chapel Hill succeeding outgoing four term mayor Kevin Foy 28 The town adopted its flag in 1990 According to flag designer Spring Davis the blue represents the town and the University of North Carolina whose colors are Carolina blue and white the green represents environmental awareness and the townscape in the inverted chevron represents a sense of home friends and community 29 The town s seal has since the 1930s depicted Athena the Greek goddess of wisdom and protector of cities Having gone through several revisions the seal which also serves as the town logo was most recently updated in 2005 to a visually simpler version 30 31 Education edit nbsp Caroll Hall which houses the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media at the University of North Carolina at Chapel HillThe Chapel Hill Carrboro school district covers most of the towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro along with portions of unincorporated Orange County and is recognized for its academic strengths East Chapel Hill High School Carrboro High School and Chapel Hill High School have all received national recognition for excellence with Newsweek in 2008 ranking East Chapel Hill High as the 88th best high school in the nation and the highest ranked standard public high school in North Carolina 32 The small portion of Chapel Hill located in Durham County is part of Durham Public Schools There are several private K 12 schools in Chapel Hill including Emerson Waldorf School Founded in 1789 the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university and is the flagship of the University of North Carolina system The state s main youth orchestra Piedmont Youth Orchestra is based in Chapel Hill Also located in the town is the Chapel Hill Public Library directed by Susan Brown 33 Culture edit nbsp Chapel Hill fire truck painted with the colors of the University of North Carolina at Chapel HillThough Chapel Hill is a principal town of a large metropolitan area it retains a relatively small town feel Combined with its close neighbor the Chapel Hill Carrboro area has roughly 85 000 residents Many large murals can be seen painted on the buildings Most of these murals were painted by UNC alumnus Michael Brown 34 Also for more than 30 years Chapel Hill has sponsored the annual street fair Festifall in October 35 The fair offer booths to artists craftsmakers nonprofits and food vendors Performance space is also available for musicians martial artists and other groups The fair is attended by tens of thousands each year nbsp The Sorrell building on Franklin Street has housed a movie theater currently called the Varsity Theatre since its construction in 1927 36 The Morehead Planetarium was the first planetarium built on a U S college campus When it opened in 1949 it was one of six planetariums in the nation and has remained an important town landmark 37 During the Mercury Gemini and Apollo programs astronauts were trained there 38 One of the town s hallmark features is the giant sundial located in the rose gardens in front of the planetarium on Franklin Street Influences of the university are seen throughout the town even in the fire departments Each fire station in Chapel Hill has a fire engine numbers 31 32 33 34 and 35 that is Carolina blue 12 These engines are also decorated with different UNC decals including a firefighter Rameses Chapel Hill also has some new urbanist village communities such as Meadowmont Village and Southern Village 39 Meadowmont and Southern Village both have shopping centers green space where concerts movies and other outdoor events have taken place community pools and schools Also a traditional style mall with a mix of national and local retailers is located at University Place Food edit Hailed as one of America s Foodiest Small Towns by Bon Appetit 40 Chapel Hill is rapidly becoming a hot spot for pop American cuisine Among the restaurants noted nationally are Mama Dip s Food Network s 40 A Day With Rachael Ray 41 Crook s Corner Sunrise Biscuit Kitchen The Splendid Table caffe Driade Food Network s 40 A Day With Rachael Ray 41 Lantern Restaurant Food amp Wine Southern Living etc and Vimala s Curryblossom Cafe 42 Music edit In the realm of popular music James Taylor George Hamilton IV Southern Culture on the Skids Superchunk Polvo Archers of Loaf Ben Folds Five The Kingsbury Manx Spider Bags and more recently Porter Robinson are among the most notable musical artists and acts whose careers began in Chapel Hill The town has also been a center for the modern revival of old time music with such bands as the Ayr Mountaineers Hollow Rock String band Mandolin Orange the Tug Creek Ramblers Two Dollar Pistols the Fuzzy Mountain String band Big Fat Gap and the Red Clay Ramblers 43 Chapel Hill was also the founding home of now Durham based Merge Records Bruce Springsteen has made a point to visit the town on four occasions His most recent appearance was on September 15 2003 at Kenan Memorial Stadium with the E Street Band U2 also performed at Kenan on the first American date of their 1983 War Tour where Bono climbed up to the top of the stage during pouring rain and lightning holding up a white flag for peace The 2011 John Craigie song Chapel Hill is about the singer s first visit there 44 One song from Dirty a Sonic Youth album is named after the town Sports edit nbsp The Dean Smith Center is home of North Carolina Tar Heels men s basketball The University of North Carolina has been very successful at college basketball and women s soccer and a passion for these sports has been a distinctive feature of the town s culture fueled by the Tobacco Road rivalry among North Carolina s four ACC teams the North Carolina Tar Heels the Duke Blue Devils the NC State Wolfpack and the Wake Forest Demon Deacons The two largest sports venues in the town both house UNC teams The Dean Smith Center is home to the men s basketball team while Kenan Memorial Stadium is home to the football team In addition Chapel Hill is also home to Carmichael Arena which formerly housed the UNC men s basketball team and currently is home to the women s team and to the new Dorrance Field home to men s and women s soccer and lacrosse teams Many walking biking trails are in Chapel Hill Some of these include Battle Branch Trail Morgan Creek Trail 45 and Bolin Creek Trail Chapel Hill s oldest trail and most popular greenway 46 Media edit WCHL 47 local AM radio station 1360AM 97 9FM providing talk radio news and local sports coverage as the flagship station of the Tar Heel Sports Network WUNC 48 local public radio station 91 5FM located on the UNC campus WXYC 49 noncommercial student run radio station 89 3FM on the UNC campus In 1994 it became the first radio station in the world to broadcast over the internet The Daily Tar Heel 50 is the nationally ranked independent student newspaper that serves the university and the town The free newspaper is printed thrice weekly during the academic year and weekly during summer sessions The Sun Magazine 51 is an independent ad free magazine that for more than 40 years has published personal essays interviews short stories poetry and photographs Carrboro Citizen 52 was a locally owned community newspaper covering local news politics and town government of Chapel Hill and Carrboro The last issue was published in October 2012 The metro area has TV broadcasting stations that serve the Raleigh Durham Designated Market Area DMA as defined by Nielsen Media Research Transit editBus edit Chapel Hill has intracity bus service via Chapel Hill Transit Go Triangle provides connection to the rest of the Triangle Raleigh Durham and Hillsborough of which the Hillsborough service is operated by Chapel Hill Transit and supplemented mid day by a county shuttle Light rail edit The Durham Orange Light Rail line which would have run between Chapel Hill and Durham entered planning and engineering phases in August 2017 The project was discontinued in April 2019 53 Notable people editSee also List of alumni from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill nbsp UNC s wooded campus buffers the town centerAlice Adams author 54 Emil Amos musician 55 Owen Astrachan Duke Professor of Computer Science 56 John David Roy Atchison 1954 2007 Assistant US Attorney and children s sports coach committed suicide in prison after being charged with soliciting sex from a five year old girl George A Baer 1903 1994 bookbinder Stephen Barrett retired psychiatrist webmaster of Quackwatch 57 Lewis Black stand up comedian author actor 58 Ash Bowie musician 59 Steve Breedlove clergyman bishop in the Anglican Church in North America 60 Sean Bridgers actor screenwriter director producer Fred Brooks computer scientist 61 Christopher Browning historian Cam Cameron football coach 62 Spencer Chamberlain musician 63 Doug Clark and the Hot Nuts band Fred C Cole librarian and historian 64 Elizabeth Cotten musician Floyd Council blues singer the Floyd after which Pink Floyd is named 65 Butch Davis former UNC football coach 66 Hubert Davis UNC basketball coach ESPN analyst former NBA basketball player 67 Walter Royal Davis North Carolina philanthropist and oil tycoon 68 Anoop Desai finalist on American Idol singer 69 Sarah Dessen author 70 David Drake science fiction and fantasy novelist and small press publisher Elizabeth Edwards late wife of former U S Senator of North Carolina John Edwards 71 John Edwards former presidential candidate 72 Lawrence Ferlinghetti Beat Generation poet and co founder of City Lights Book Sellers amp Publishers Earned a B A in journalism from UNC Chapel Hill in 1941 Ben Folds musician 73 Paul Green playwright 74 John Grisham author 75 Meredith Hagner actress portrays Liberty Ciccone on As the World Turns 76 Bernardo Harris former NFL linebacker 77 Dave Haywood musician member of the country music group Lady Antebellum 78 Bunn Hearn MLB pitcher 79 Jack Hogan actor noted for his role as Private William Kirby on Combat television series 1962 1967 80 Laurel Holloman artist and actress Known for The L Word television series George Moses Horton a slave poet called the black bard of Chapel Hill 81 Paul Jones computer technologist 82 Alexander Julian fashion designer 83 Michelle Kasold Olympic field hockey player 84 Charles Kuralt journalist 85 Kay Kyser big band leader entertainer Howard Lee first black mayor of a predominantly white municipality in the South 86 William Carter Love U S Representative from North Carolina during the 1800s 87 Mandolin Orange Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz a folk Americana duo Mac McCaughan musician 88 Nick McCrory Olympic bronze medalist in diving 89 Richard McKenna novelist The Sand Pebbles 90 Mark Newhouse professional poker player 91 Mojo Nixon singer Marty Ravellette armless hero 92 David Rees political satirist cartoonist of Get Your War On Porter Robinson electronic music producer 93 Brian Roberts former MLB second baseman two time All Star 94 Dexter Romweber rockabilly roots rocker 95 Aziz Sancar winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry 96 Betty Smith novelist A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 97 Dean Smith former basketball coach 98 Oliver Smithies physical biochemist and genericist Nobel prizewinner 99 Elizabeth Spencer author of The Light in the Piazza currently resides in Chapel Hill 100 Silda Wall Spitzer wife of former New York governor Eliot Spitzer 101 Chris Stamey musician 102 Brook Steppe former NBA player Leo Sternbach chemist and discoverer of benzodiazepines 103 Matt Stevens former NFL safety 104 James Taylor musician 105 Paul B Thompson novelist author and UNC alumnus Blair Tindall author and musician Richard Trice blues guitarist singer and songwriter 106 Willie Trice blues guitarist singer songwriter and record producer Elder brother of above 106 Karl Edward Wagner horror writer editor and small press publisher Daniel Wallace writer author of Big Fish A Novel of Mythic Proportions 107 Manly Wade Wellman novelist 108 Roy Williams men s basketball coach 109 Thomas Wolfe author UNC alumnus Chapel Hill appears as Pulpit Hill in his posthumous novel You Can t Go Home Again Bayard Wootten 1875 1959 photographer and suffragette 110 Sister cities edit nbsp Puerto Baquerizo Moreno San 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