The Town of Carrboro welcomes you
to the Town's official web site! We hope you find the
site useful, easy to navigate, and informative. Please
come back often to see how we expand and grow!
Carrboro, settled in 1882 around a
railroad spur of UNC, was first known as West End because
of its geographical location west of Chapel Hill. Incorporated
in 1911 as Venable, the town made its final name change
two years later in honor of Julian Shakespeare Carr,
owner of the local textile mill. For the first fifty
years after its incorporation, Carrboro remained a small
mill town with a slow, steady pace of growth. In 1960,
approximately 2000 people lived in the town. By the
year 2000, the town's population had grown to over 16,000
residents. (click HERE to view Carrboro's demographics) |
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Town
of Carrboro
