Record #:

15317

Author(s):

Rich, Hampton

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

Subject(s):

Durham--History; Durham, Bartlett Leonidas Snipes, 1824-1859