Communities - Morrisville, North Carolina

Morrisville, NC
Population: 11,915

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The Town of Morrisville consists of approximately 10 square miles in area. Except for a small eleven-acre portion of the Town located in Durham County, all of the Town's corporate limits are within Wake County.

Homes property values in Morrisville are some of the highest in the area due in large part to the town's central location in the Triangle near Raleigh-Durham International Airport and Research Triangle Park, and is convenient to an interstate and two highways. Although Morrisville isn't really big on shopping, it is only minutes from Apex, Cary or Raleigh, all of which feature restaurants, shopping malls, entertainment and more.

Located adjacent to Raleigh-Durham International Airport and Research Triangle Park, Morrisville has enjoyed significant commercial and industrial growth in recent years as the Town's tax base has grown from $153 million in 1989 to $525 million in 1999. The town's land use plan, revised in 1999, identified the tax base as roughly 70% commercial/industrial and 30% residential.

Morrisville is steeped in history with Confederate battle sites. Morrisville is planning to revitalize their downtown and a battlefield park is being considered.

If small town living, convenient to nearby shopping and hosting Raleigh Durham's international airport, then Morrisville is a place you can call home.

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