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Orange County

county in North Carolina, United States
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Summary

Orange County is a county of North Carolina[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of county of north carolina entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (938 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: GovAI Coalition[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: North Carolina[4]
  • Country: United States[5]
  • Capital: Hillsborough[6]
  • Shares border with: Person County[7], Durham County[8], Chatham County[9], Caswell County[10], Alamance County[11]
  • Named after: William V, Prince of Orange[12]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Hillsborough[13]
  • Commons category: Orange County, North Carolina[14]
  • Inception: January 1, 1752[15]
  • Coordinate location: 36.06, -79.12[16]
  • Official website: http://www.co.orange.nc.us[17], https://www.orangecountync.gov/[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Orange County, North Carolina[19]
  • Population: 133,801[20], 134,134[21], 135,193[22], 138,237[23], 140,352[24], 141,354[25], 148,696[26]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Orange County, North Carolina[27]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Orange County, North Carolina[28]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Orange County, North Carolina[29]
  • Number of households: 53,222[30]
  • Native label: Orange County[31]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C109645[32]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Orange County, North Carolina[33]
  • Different from: Orange County[34]
  • Area: 1039[35]
  • Water as percent of area: 0.9[36]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[37]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Orange County, North Carolina[38]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Orange County include it[39], a county of Indiana[40], in United States[41], founded in 1816[42].

Why It Matters

Orange County has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

Entities named for it include it[39], a county of Indiana[40], in United States[41], founded in 1816[42].

Related Entities

Govdirectory North Carolina United States William V, Prince of Orange

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Orange County, Nort
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Orange County, North Carolina.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States pres"
  2. 20w ago · Mxn · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member of → GovAI Coalition
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Member of: GovAI Coalition, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258464|batch #258464]]"
  3. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Hillsborough
    Different from → Orange County
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → North Carolina, Province of North Carolina
    Coordinates → —
    + 33 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
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