Editing Orange County, North Carolina (section)

==Geography==
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According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|400.96|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|397.56|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|3.40|sqmi}} (0.85%) is water.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 23, 2022 |title=2020 County Gazetteer Files – North Carolina |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_counties_37.txt |access-date=September 9, 2023 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>

The county is drained, in part, by the [[Eno River]].

The city of [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina|Chapel Hill]], is in the southeastern part of Orange County, as is [[Carrboro, North Carolina|Carrboro]]. [[Hillsborough, North Carolina|Hillsborough]] is in the central part of the county and is the county seat.

===State and local protected areas/sites===
* [[Brumley Forest Nature Preserve]]
* [[Buckhorn Game Land]]<ref name="NCWRC Game Lands">{{Cite web |title=NCWRC Game Lands |url=https://www.ncpaws.org/ncwrcmaps/gamelands |access-date=March 30, 2023 |website=www.ncpaws.org}}</ref>
* [[Carolina North Forest]]
* [[Confluence Natural Area]]
* [[Eno River State Park]] (part)
* [[Hillsborough Historic District|Historic Hillsborough]]
* [[Occoneechee Speedway|Historic Occoneechee Speedway Trailhead]]
* [[Johnston Mill Nature Preserve]]
* [[Jordan Game Land]] (part)<ref name="NCWRC Game Lands"/>
* [[Lake Michael Park]]
* [[Little River Regional Park and Natural Area]] (part)
* [[Mason Farm Biological Reserve]] (part)
* [[North Carolina Botanical Garden]]
* [[Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area]]
* [[White Cross Recreation Center]]

===Major water bodies===
* [[Buffalo Creek (North Carolina Creek)|Buffalo Creek]]
* [[Cane Creek (Haw River tributary, left bank)|Cane Creek]]
* [[Cane Creek Reservoir]]
* [[Eastwood Lake (North Carolina)|Eastwood Lake]]
* [[Eno River]]
* [[Haw River]]
* [[Jordan Lake]]
* [[Lake Orange (North Carolina)|Lake Orange]]
* [[Lick Creek (North Carolina)|Lick Creek]]
* [[Little River (Eno River tributary)|Little River]]
* [[Morgan Creek (New Hope River tributary)|Morgan Creek]]
* [[Mountain Creek (North Carolina)|Mountain Creek]]
* [[New Hope Creek]]
* [[Little River (Eno River tributary)|North Fork Little River]]
* [[University Lake]]
* [[Eno River|West Fork Eno River]]

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Person County, North Carolina|Person County]] – northeast
* [[Durham County, North Carolina|Durham County]] – east
* [[Chatham County, North Carolina|Chatham County]] – south
* [[Alamance County, North Carolina|Alamance County]] – west
* [[Caswell County, North Carolina|Caswell County]] – northwest

===Major highways===
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