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Durham County operated under the Commission form of government, with the chairman serving as chief administrator until 1930. The Manager form of government was then adopted and D. W. Newsome became the first manager of Durham County serving until his death in 1949.
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The county was formed on April 17, 1881, from parts of Orange County and Wake County, taking the name of its own county seat. In 1911, parts of Cedar Fork Township of Wake County were transferred to Durham County and became Carr Township .
Durham, the county seat, was incorporated in 1869. Other communities in Durham County include Bahama and Rougemont (and parts of Chapel Hill spill over from neighboring Orange County). Notable physical features include the Eno and Neuse Rivers, New Hope and Mountain Creeks, and Lake Michie.
The town was incorporated in 1869, and the county was established by the state legislature in 1881. Bahama and Rougemont are other communities within the county, and Chapel Hill spills over into parts of Durham. After the Civil War, the tobacco industry dominated the city’s economy.
The increase in business activity, land transfers etc., made the day long trip back and forth to the county seat in Hillsborough untenable, so twelve years later, on April 17, 1881, a bill for the establishment of Durham County was ratified by the General Assembly, having been introduced by Caleb B.Green, creating Durham County from the eastern ...
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Durham, incorporated in 1866 as the town of Durham in Orange County, has been the county seat ever since inception. In 1881, Durham officials sought to become an autonomous political subdivision and decided to separate from Orange County.
