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Safest Neighborhoods in the 27278 ZIP Code

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    Hardscrabble Plantation

    Secluded in the forest about 14 miles from Durham sits Hardscrabble Plantation, locally referred to as Hardscrabble. This all-residential neighborhood was originally a plantation owned by the Cain family in the 1700s. One of the Cain men described the land as “hardscrabble,” conveying the roughness of country life, and the name stuck. The land

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      $656K

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      $490K - $785K

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    Eno

    People move to the small town of Hillsborough to escape the bustle of Durham and Raleigh, but outside of Hillsborough is an even more remote area known as Eno. Surrounded by the beauty of Eno River State Park, homeowners here can enjoy the peace and quiet of nature while still having the everyday conveniences of a bigger town a few miles away.

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      $641K

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      $440K - $1.4M

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      11 Listings

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    Bingham

    Bingham’s sweeping farmland and dense forests belie how close it is to bustling urban areas, but residents of this stretch of Orange County are within 20 miles of Durham, Chapel Hill and Mebane. Natalie Shaw, an Inhabit Real Estate Realtor with more than 10 years of experience in the local market, says that its secluded, yet connected location is

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      $561K

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      $232K - $2.2M

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      12 Listings

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    Little River

    Locally referred to as "Caldwell" for the small town at its center, Little River is a rural township where spaced-out homes give residents plenty of privacy. Surrounding areas like Hillsborough and Durham are quickly expanding and bringing a new interest to places like Little River. "A lot of growth is happening all over Orange County," says

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      $522K

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      $330K - $1.5M

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      6 Listings

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    Hillsborough

    As the oldest section of North Carolina's Research Triangle, Hillsborough blends history with creativity and outdoor adventure. This small town along the Eno River and in the shadow of Occoneechee Mountain was established in 1754, but this community’s story started well before. It was first a village for the Occaneechi people. Nonprofits,

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      $493K

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      $250K - $1.2M

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      65 Listings

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    Cedar Grove

    Fifteen minutes north of the nearest towns of Hillsborough and Mebane, Cedar Grove is less a neighborhood in the traditional sense and more a web of winding, rural roads around the east and west forks of the Eno River. Haylee Henry, a Realtor at Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston who works throughout the Hillsborough area, says she’d

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      $447K

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      $265K - $1.3M

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      17 Listings

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    Cheeks

    Anyone traveling around Cheeks will find what most rural townships have in North Carolina: large swaths of trees broken up by sprawling longtime family farms, fenced pastures with horses nibbling on grass, and small clusters of local businesses sitting on hilly country roads. What sets it apart is the tenacity of its people. “Everyone here is very

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      $375K

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      $250K - $959K

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      54 Listings

    Cheeks