Editing Siler City, North Carolina (section)

==Geography==
Siler City is located in western Chatham County. [[U.S. Route 64 in North Carolina|U.S. Route 64]] passes through the northern part of the town as 11th Street, leading east {{convert|16|mi}} to [[Pittsboro, North Carolina|Pittsboro]], the Chatham County seat, and west {{convert|21|mi}} to [[Asheboro, North Carolina|Asheboro]]. [[U.S. Route 421]] bypasses Siler City to the northeast, with access from Exits 168, 171, and 174. US 421 leads northwest {{convert|32|mi}} to [[Greensboro, North Carolina|Greensboro]] and southeast {{convert|24|mi}} to [[Sanford, North Carolina|Sanford]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|15.6|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.06|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 0.37%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Siler City town, North Carolina |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US3761860 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212192346/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US3761860 |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |access-date=December 29, 2014 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder}}</ref>

[[Loves Creek (Rocky River tributary)|Loves Creek]], a tributary to the [[Rocky River (Deep River tributary)|Rocky River]] is the main watershed that drains Siler City.