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Summary for RaleighAbout Raleigh (Click for our profile page) Located in: Primarily Wake County (see below). A portion of Raleigh extends into Durham County. Pronunciation: rah-lee <1> Time Zone: Raleigh lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) Telephone Area Codes: (919), (984)<2> Elevation: 360 feet [109.73 m] above sea level<3> From the 2010 US Census (For more detail, see our Census Page for Raleigh) Population
Total Area:<5> 144 sq. miles [373 km²] Housing Units:<6> 176,124 Websites for Raleigh Official Website: www.raleigh-nc.org/ Chamber of Commerce: www.raleighchamber.org/ Junior League: www.jlraleigh.org/ GPS Coordinates (Latitude/Longitude)<7> For the purpose of mapping and calculating distances, we have chosen the following reference point for Raleigh: Lat: 35.780500° (or 35°46'49" N) Lon: -78.641600° (or -78°38'29" W) USGS Topo Map: Raleigh West<8> Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for Raleigh GNIS ID: 2404590 FIPS State / Place Code: 37 / 55000 (For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Raleigh) About Wake County The city of Raleigh is the County Seat for Wake County. From the 2010 US Census (For more detail, see our Census Page for Wake) Population
Total Area: 857 sq. miles [2,220.5 km²] - of which 2.58% is water (22.1 sq. miles [57.2 km²]) Housing Units: 371,836 Official Website: www.wakegov.com/ Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for Wake GNIS ID: 1008592 FIPS State / County Code: 37 / 183 (For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Raleigh) About North Carolina From the US Census Population
Websites for State of North Carolina Official Website: https://www.nc.gov/ Tourism: https://www.visitnc.com/ Parks: https://www.ncparks.gov/ Fishing & Hunting: https://www.ncwildlife.org/ Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for State of North Carolina GNIS ID: 1027616 FIPS State: 37 (For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Raleigh) Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Raleigh: www.raleigh-nc.org/ The official website for Wake County: www.wakegov.com/ The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/ Footnotes ...
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