What County Is Durham, North Carolina In?

Durham is in Durham County, Wake County, and Orange County. Check a specific address near a county line.

Durham city: generalized boundary, north up. Open street map ↗
Official code
3719000
Representative coordinates
35.977928, -78.898109
Land area
310.656 km²
Water area
2.153 km²
State
North Carolina
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County boundaries in Durham

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Coordinates of Durham

35.977928, -78.898109 is the Census representative point, not a street address. Convert these coordinates or prepare a map link.

Elevation at the representative point

106 m · 349 ft. USGS ground estimate at 35.977928, -78.898109. USGS 3DEP terrain. Terrain cell (nominal): 1/9 arc-second. Vertical datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). Terrain height varies across the place; this is not a city-wide or surveyed elevation. Request height at a different point.

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Time zones in Durham

Time zoneLocal time and UTC offsetNext clock change
America/New_YorkUTC-05:00 in January; UTC-04:00 in July. Enable JavaScript for the live clock.Enable JavaScript for upcoming changes.

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Census ZIP areas

27503 · 27517 · 27560 · 27617 · 27701 · 27703 · 27704 · 27705 · 27707 · 27708 · 27709 · 27712 · 27713

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