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Durham is a city in Durham County, North Carolina, United States. It is the county seat of Durham CountyGR6, the home of Duke University, North Carolina Central University, Durham Technical Community College, and the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. It is also a cornerstone of the Research Triangle region of North Carolina and the fifth-largest city in the state by population.

The 2004 Durham-Chapel Hill Metropolitan Statistical Area population was: 451,212 as of July 1, 2004. The US Office of Management and Budget defines Durham as a part of the Raleigh-Durham-Cary Combined Statistical Area, with a population of 1,509,560 as July 1, 2005.

Durham originated in 1853 with the search for a suitable railroad depot for the North Carolina Railroad between Wilson and Hillsborough. An earlier post office known as Herndon's existed in the area from 1827, and another at nearby Prattsburg was established in 1836. The landowners at Prattsburg refused to sell land to the railroad. Somewhat further to the northwest, a country physician named Bartlett S. Durham lived and practiced along the route. He donated land to the railroad, which named the subsequent depot Durham Station.