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Orange County, North Carolina

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Top Surnames

Andrews, Branson, Braxtan, Cate and 16 others
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Profiles

  •
    William Hooper, Signer of the "Declaration of Independence" (1742 - 1790)
    North Carolina at the Continental CongressBorn: June 28, 1742 in Boston, MassachusettsEducation: Harvard College (Lawyer.)Work: Elected to General Assembly of North Carolina, 1773; Member of Continenta...
  • Lt.-Col. Cadwallader Jones (c.1652 - c.1699)
    Promo video shows likeness of Cadwallader Jones . Col. Cadwallader Jones was born about 1652 in Essex County, Virginia and died 1699 in Stafford County, Virginia. He was an Indian trader, an explorer o...
  • Charity Ann Way (1804 - c.1860)
  • Katherine Terese Freymann (1929 - 2013)
  • Dr Moye Wicks Freymann (1925 - 1996)
    Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill founding member. Chief Consultant to the Ford Foundation (New Delhi, India).

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The county was formed in 1752 and was named for the infant William V of Orange, whose mother Anne, daughter of King George II of Great Britain, was then regent of the Dutch Republic.

Adjacent Counties

Cities & Towns

  • Carrboro
  • Chapel Hill (part)
  • Durham (part)
  • Hillsborough (County Seat)
  • Mebane (part)

Other Townships & Communities: Bingham, Blackwood, Buckhorn (Cheeks Crossroads), Caldwell, Calvander, Carr, Cedar Grove, Cheeks, Dodsons Crossroads, Dogwood Acres, Efland, Eno, Eubanks, Fairview, Hurdle Mills, Laws, Little River, McDade, Miles, Oaks, Orange Grove, Piney Grove, Roguemont, Schley, Teer, University (formerly Glenn) and White Cross

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of North Carolina

Links

Wikipedia

National Register of Historic Places

Genealogy Trails

NC Gen Web

Durham-Orange Genealogical Society

NC Estate Files - Orange County

USGW Archives

Roots Web

Orange County History Guide

Genealogy Village

The Past Whispers

RAOGK

Genealogy Express

Forebears.io

Orange County Historical Museum

Olde Orange County Families


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