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Chatham County, named after William Pitt, the Earl of Chatham,
covers 707 square miles in central North Carolina. It lies just
south of Orange County and Chapel Hill, and its northern area has
become popular for retirees from other regions of the U.S. who want the rural feel of Chatham
County near the academic environment of the university town to the north.
The county seat is Pittsboro, also named in honor of William Pitt. Like
northern Chatham County, Pittsboro, too, is experiencing tensions between
natives and the newcomers as traditional farmland sprouts subdivisions
and tournament-class golf villages.
A thriving arts community, especially in the pottery arts, has grown up
in the county, giving some areas an unusual bohemian-rural feel.
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