Headnote
ORANGE COUNTY, situated in the north part of North Carolina. Area, 1,300 square miles. Seat of justice, Hillsborough. Pop. in 1810, 20,135; in 1820, 23,492; in 1830, 23,875; in 1840, 24,356; in 1850, 17,055. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
North Carolina

Orange County, North Carolina (Hayward)

Gazetteer/Almanac
Orange County, N. C., c. h. at Hillsboro'. It is bounded N. by Caswell and Person counties, E. by Granville and Wake, S. by Chatham, and W. by Guilford co. Haw and Neuse Rivers and branches water this county.
John Hayward, Gazetteer of the United States of America… (Philadelphia: James L. Gihon, 1854), 506.

Orange County, North Carolina (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
ORANGE COUNTY, situated in the north part of North Carolina. Area, 1,300 square miles. Seat of justice, Hillsborough. Pop. in 1810, 20,135; in 1820, 23,492; in 1830, 23,875; in 1840, 24,356; in 1850, 17,055.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 276.
Date Type
General W.T. Sherman, negotiating Confederate surrender in North Carolina, makes a political blunder Battles/Soldiers
In North Carolina, against orders, CSA General J. E. Johnston surrenders the entire Army of the Tennessee Battles/Soldiers
In North Carolina, CSA General J. E. Johnston opens surrender talks with Union General W. T. Sherman Battles/Soldiers
Birthplace of
Name Type
Chapel Hill, NC City or Town
Harts Mill, NC City or Town
Hillsborough, NC City or Town
Date Title
Basis of Agreement for the surrender of the Confederate Army of the Tennessee
Kinship and Neighborhood in a Southern Community: Orange County, North Carolina, 1849-1861
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