Name: Eno River
Location: Orange County, North Carolina

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Organizations that keep the county’s own knowledge

Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection (OCPL) The county library’s local-history room in Hillsborough: books, maps, microfilm, family files, and staff who know the county

In the index

Works across North Carolina libraries and archives whose catalog description names this place. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it.

Forged in the Spirit

Haines, Nancy Learned · 2026 · Pleasant Green Books

Can a community rooted in peace survive in a world of unrest? The year is 1750. Seeking fertile soil and spiritual freedom, Quaker pioneers journey from Pennsylvania to the heart of North Carolina. Along the banks of th…

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Dark Tales of the Eno River

Cook, David · 2025 · The History Press

Visitors to the Eno River don't expect to encounter haunted houses, train wrecks or fun outings that turn into tragedy, but some of them have experienced just that. In 1771, a few of America's first rebels were hanged n…

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Freedom's Howl

Heyes, Eileen · 2025 · Historical Research and Publications Office, Office of Archives and History, Department of Natural and Cultural Resources

"Eno River Valley, North Carolina, 1776. In a cozy, sheltered den in the woods, four red wolf puppies are born. Their parents and older brothers will nurture and teach them through the summer and fall, as they learn to …

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Saving the Eno River

Thomson, Julie J. · 2023 · [Eno River Association?]

The Eno River starts in Orange County, North Carolina, and flows through the town of Hillsborough and then into Durham County. In the 1960s the city of Durham proposed a dam along the river. Saving the Eno River tells t…

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Ribbons of Color Along the Eno River

2021 · Eno River Association

Contains first and second-hand stories telling the history of the Eno River Valley from the perspective of African Americans and people of color living along the Eno, from prehistory to modern day.

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Monitoring the effects of hydrilla removal on fish and crayfish communities in the Eno River

2017 · North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, Inland Fisheries Division

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An Eno Community Heritage

Englishman, Herbert N. · 2011

Durham

27 Views of Hillsborough

2010 · Eno Publishers

Old houses & young men: notes on renovation & survival / Allan Gurganus -- To the Eno: an excerpt from Barefoot to Avalon, a memoir / David Payne -- Views of the Eno / Beverly A. Scarlett -- Settling in / Peter H. Wood …

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A Geologic Adventure Along the Eno River

Bradley, Philip J. · 2007 · North Carolina Geological Survey Section, Division of Land Resources, Department of Environment and Natural Resources

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[Replace Durham County bridge no. 158 on SR 1402 (Rivermont Rd) over unamed [sic] tributary to Eno River, TIP project no. B-3169, state project no. 8.2353701, W

2006 · [Project Development and Environmental Analysis Branch, NCDOT]

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Eno River State Park

North Carolina · 2005 · Division of Parks and Recreation

Park map with location map and inset enlargement of Piper-Cox House area.

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Evaluation of the Fish Community and Habitats of the Eno River, North Carolina

McRae, Brian J. · 2004 · North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, Division of Inland Fisheries