History for Durham County

Durham, incorporated in 1866 as the Town of Durham in Orange County, is the county seat.¹

Both the city and county of Durham were named in honor of Dr. Bartlett Snipes Durham who donated the land on which the railroad station was located. The building of the railroad station was the beginning of the town of Durham.¹


	Duke Homestead


	Historical Sites
	legends & Ghost Stories
	Durham County Page

¹ Facts gathered from State Library of North Carolina.

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North Carolinians are nicknamed the "Tar Heels".

It not exactly evident where this nickname originated, but it seems to have given birth during the Civil War. North Carolina's troops were said to have tar on their heels, because they would not run in battle even as other states retreated.