Triangle Township is one of six
townships
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
in
Durham County, North Carolina
Durham County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 324,833, making it the sixth-most populous county in North Carolina. Its county seat is Durham, which is the only incorporate ...
, United States. The township had a population of 67,870 according to the
2000 census.
Geographically, Triangle Township occupies in southern Durham County and is the largest township in the county by land area. The township is almost completely occupied by portions of the city of
Durham Durham most commonly refers to:
*Durham, England, a cathedral city in north east England
**County Durham, a ceremonial county which includes Durham
*Durham, North Carolina, a city in North Carolina, United States
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, the
county seat
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of Durham County.
Triangle Township consists of the former Patterson Township in the southwest (originally, Patterson was an
Orange County township) and Cedar Fork Township in the southeast (Cedar Fork was carved from
Wake County's Cedar Fork Township).
Townships in Durham County, North Carolina
Townships in North Carolina
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