Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina is the home of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH). UNC-CH is the oldest public university in the United States, chartered in 1789 and opened to the first student (Hinton James, who, legend says, walked here from Wilmington) in 1795. According to the 2000 census, its population is 48,715.

With a liberal arts college at its heart, Chapel Hill is truly a "college town". Full of professors, students, and professionals from the nearby Research   More...