Farrington, North Carolina

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Farrington, North Carolina
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Farrington, North Carolina (the US)
Coordinates: 35°48′08″N79°00′50″W / 35.80222°N 79.01389°W / 35.80222; -79.01389 Coordinates: 35°48′08″N79°00′50″W / 35.80222°N 79.01389°W / 35.80222; -79.01389
Country United States
State North Carolina
County Chatham
Elevation [1] 233 ft (71 m)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
  Summer (DST) EST (UTC-4)
ZIP code 27312
Area code(s) 919
GNIS feature ID 985012 [1]

Farrington is an unincorporated community in Chatham County, North Carolina, United States. It is now part of the Fearrington Village census-designated place.

Chatham County, North Carolina County in the United States

Chatham County is a county located in the Piedmont area of the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 63,505. Its county seat is Pittsboro.

North Carolina State of the United States of America

North Carolina is a state in the southeastern region of the United States. It borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west, Virginia to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. North Carolina is the 28th-most extensive and the 9th-most populous of the U.S. states. The state is divided into 100 counties. The capital is Raleigh, which along with Durham and Chapel Hill is home to the largest research park in the United States. The most populous municipality is Charlotte, which is the second-largest banking center in the United States after New York City.

Fearrington Village, North Carolina Census-designated place in North Carolina, United States

Fearrington Village is a residential development and census-designated place (CDP) in Chatham County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,339 at the 2010 census, up from 903 at the 2000 census. Its name is pronounced FAIR-ington, not FEAR-ington as the spelling might indicate. The CDP occupies what was formerly the area of the unincorporated community of Farrington. It is a mixed-use community located on farmland dating back to the 18th century in Pittsboro, North Carolina. The community is located about 15 minutes from Chapel Hill, a half-hour from Durham and 45 minutes from Raleigh.

There are three sites in Farrington listed on the National Register of Historic Places: John A. Mason House, O'Kelly's Chapel, and Joseph B. Stone House. [2]

National Register of Historic Places listings in Chatham County, North Carolina Wikimedia list article

This list includes properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Chatham County, North Carolina. Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view a Google map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below.

John A. Mason House

John A. Mason House is a historic home located near Farrington, Chatham County, North Carolina. It was built about 1850, and is a two-story, Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It has a two-story rear ell and another one-story rear section. The front facade features a one-story, original, hip-roofed porch.

OKellys Chapel

O'Kelly's Chapel is a historic chapel located near Farrington, Chatham County, North Carolina. Named after Reverend James O'Kelly and was built about 1900. It is a modest one-room rural chapel with Gothic Revival features including a steeply pitched roof and lancet windows.

Geography

Farrington is located at 35°48′07″N79°00′50″W / 35.80194°N 79.01389°W / 35.80194; -79.01389 (35.8018148 -79.0138990) [1] about 8 miles (12.9 km) southeast of Chapel Hill on Farrington Point Road. It is to the north of Jordan Lake, a surrounding placemark.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina town in Orange County, North Carolina, United States

Chapel Hill is a town in Orange, Chatham, and Durham counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Its population was 57,233 in the 2010 census, making Chapel Hill the 15th-largest city in the state. Chapel Hill, Durham, and the state capital, Raleigh, make up the corners of the Research Triangle, with a total population of 1,998,808.

Jordan Lake Recreation area

B. Everett Jordan Lake is a reservoir in New Hope Valley, west of Cary and south of Durham in Chatham County, North Carolina, in the United States; the northernmost end of the lake extends into southwestern Durham County.

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