Chatham County, North Carolina
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For the county in Georgia, see Chatham County, Georgia. For the band, see Chatham County Line.
Chatham County (locally /ˈtʃætəm/ CHAT-əm)[1] is a county located in the Piedmont area of the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is also the location of the geographic center of North Carolina, northwest of Sanford.[2] As of the 2020 census, the population was 76,285.[3] Its county seat is Pittsboro.[4]
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Chatham County | |
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Coordinates: 35.70°N 79.25°W / 35.70; -79.25 | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
Founded | 1771 |
Named for | William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham |
Seat | Pittsboro |
Largest community | Siler City |
Area | |
• Total | 708.93 sq mi (1,836.1 km2) |
• Land | 681.68 sq mi (1,765.5 km2) |
• Water | 27.25 sq mi (70.6 km2) 3.84% |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 76,285 |
• Estimate (2023) | 81,624 |
• Density | 111.91/sq mi (43.21/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Congressional district | 9th |
Website | www |
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Chatham County is part of the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC Combined Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 2,368,947 in 2023.[5]