Get to Know Chatham County

Chatham County sits right at the center of North Carolina, in between two of the state’s most populated metropolitan regions: the Research Triangle, comprising Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, and the Piedmont Triad, made up of Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point. Though Chatham County does technically include parts of the outer edges of Chapel Hill, Cary, and Apex, the county mostly consists of small rural towns that are interspersed with luxury communities offering country club lifestyles. Unlike most of its neighboring counties, Chatham is not served by an interstate highway, resulting in a less urban and more pastoral feel to its communities than the rest of Research Triangle region. Siler City is Chatham’s largest community, with about 7,700 residents, while the county seat, Pittsboro has about 5,500 residents. Locals love spending the summer at Jordan Lake, which is a state recreation area with access to camping, boating, and swimming.

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Living in the Research Triangle

The Research Triangle, or just the Triangle, is the three-sided region encompassed by the invisible lines that connect its three anchor cities: Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill. This alliance came about in the late 1950s when academics at the three major research universities in each city — North Carolina State University in Raleigh, Duke in Durham, and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — proposed the creation of a research park to allow the three schools to collaborate. The result, Research Triangle Park, which borders all three cities, quickly became an enormous success. As a result of RTP’s development, the Triangle has become an incredibly vibrant place to live, attracting newcomers with a combination of historic architecture, Southern charm, a delicious food scene, and an atmosphere of college town coolness married to high-tech employment opportunities and investment.