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The Founder of Durham

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15317
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Abstract:
Both the city and county of Durham were named after Dr. Bartlett Durham a mid-19th-century physician. He established his practice in an area equidistant from Raleigh, Pittsboro, and Oxford. The city officially became Durham after Dr. Durham leased a piece of property to the Southern Railway to build a train depot.
Source:
The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 5 Issue 8, July 1937, p1, 18, 22, il