Let me start by saying..........I HAD AN APPOINTMENT for license renewal. From the person who had…read morean appt, it could not have gone smoother. Checked in at the kiosk (after wading through all the people who were walk ins). I waited about 15 min before being called and it was easy peasy !! Got my REAL ID. The clerk could not have been nicer. She even retook my pic cause it wasnt the best first try. Clerk told me that there were about 70 people waiting for "walk ins" when she got there at around 7 AM. By 9 AM, they were no longer taking walk ins. It is obviously a problem. This facility is just too small for the people it needs to service.

The DMV is never gonna be on anyone's list of "top things to do in the Triangle," but the…read moreHillsborough location makes it tolerable. When you arrive, you text a number to get in line so that you can wait in your car and see updates on how many people are in front of you. The employee in the lobby will also help you check that you have all the right documents so you don't waste your time if you're missing something. A few hours of my life I won't get back, but not as bad as it could be.

Went to the Hillsborough location to participate in the yoga and meditation. Was a bit disappointed…read moreto find out it was not yoga but just meditation but it was a really interesting class and didn't end up taking a whole hour. (And it was free)! They didn't have as many areas for places to sit and charge your phone while reading, but they had a fair number of computers and a place to even print things out. I was even able to find a certain author I was looking for. Overall love the library!

I love how welcoming the Hillsborough library is and how well it runs. Resources are…read morestraightforward and easy to access, the atmosphere feels like a cozy family-oriented place.

This marker is located on a busy street near downtown Hillsborough and points to some…read morepre-Revolutionary War history. There is some parking nearby. The marker reads, "Merchant. Left native Scotland, 1774. Partner in Transylvania Company; UNC trustee. Home 1/2 mile east.; grave 2 blocks north." Online, there is more information. "Bernard Bailyn's 1986 book on emigration to America on the eve of the Revolution, Voyagers to the West, has an especially interesting story to tell about a Scotsman, later a North Carolinian. His subject is James Hogg (1729-November 9, 1804), a man he credits with "energy, enterprise, and boundless ambition." In 1765, at age thirty-six, Hogg moved his family from East Lothian to the Scottish Highlands. In 1771 a cargo ship wrecked near his home and ruffians looting the ship burned Hogg's house. This, plus worsening economic conditions led Hogg in 1773 to mount an expedition of 280 Highlanders setting out aboard his ship, the Bachelor, for America." "Hogg and family finally made it in 1774 to Wilmington, North Carolina, where his brother Robert had for several years managed a mercantile business with Samuel Campbell. That fall James Hogg moved up the Cape Fear River to Cross Creek to operate a satellite outlet of the firm. Hogg maintained real estate and business interests there for the rest of his life. He donated land for the town cemetery, jail, courthouse, and Masonic lodge hall. However, his residence at Cross Creek was brief, for after a few months Hogg moved to Hillsborough. There he met Richard Henderson, chief organizer of the western land speculation scheme known as the Transylvania Company. In November 1775, Hogg journeyed to Philadelphia to negotiate with members of the Continental Congress, among them Samuel Adams, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson, over admission of Transylvania as a fourteenth colony." [Review 18072 overall - 3320 in North Carolina - 1594 of 2022.]

This marker is located along Business 70 at the south end of the city of Hillsborough and points…read moreout the original inhabitants before settlers and colonial explorers arrived. There is no good spot to pull over to read the marker but the traffic was light this morning. It reads, "Village of Occaneechi Indians on the Great Trading Path. Inhabited ca. 1680 - 1710. Visited in 1701 by the explorer John Lawson. 1/2 mi. E." Online, there is more information. "A short distance east of the bridge on the southern edge of Hillsborough's historic district, in a bend of the Eno River, lie the excavated remains of the village of Occaneechi. The importance of the area was first recognized in the 1930s by historian Douglas Rights who theorized that this was the site of John Lawson's visit of 1701 as recorded in his A New Voyage to Carolina (1709). Initial excavations in 1938-1941 by Joffre Coe of the University of North Carolina encouraged Coe's successors to conduct a full-scale investigation between 1983 and 1986. Today the excavations are recognized as "some of the best preserved and scientifically most significant archaeological sites in southeastern North America."" "The occupation of the village by the Occaneechi Indians extended from roughly 1680 to 1710. Consequently, the research complements that conducted at Upper Saura Town and Lower Saura Town, other Piedmont sites dating to the same period. The Occaneechi maintained a distinctive level of economic and political power among neighboring tribes owing to their strategic location along the Trading Path and control of the deerskin trade. Although the name (also spelled as "Aconechy" among other variations) appears on maps through the mid-1700s, disease, warfare, and rum had virtually destroyed Indian societies in the Piedmont by the early eighteenth century. Lawson in 1701 estimated that the native population was only one-sixth that of fifty years before." This is marker number G-33 and it was erected in 1991 by the North Carolina Division of Archives and History. It has the same text on both sides. [Review 101 of 2025 - 4071 in North Carolina - 23668 overall]

Easy to spot this marker as I was heading towards the interstate. It is on a small triangle where…read morethree roads meet up, two of which are State Road 86 and State Road 57. It recalls one of North Carolina's heroes and earliest Governors. It reads, "Thomas Burke. Governor, 1781-82. Member of Revolutionary, Provincial, & Continental Congresses. Grave is 1 1/2 miles northeast." Online, there is more information. "Thomas Burke, skilled in the literary as well as the political arts, was taken prisoner by Loyalists shortly after taking office as governor. He was born ca. 1744 in County Galway, Ireland, the son of Ulick Burke and the former Letitia Ould. Burke emigrated to Virginia and took up residence in Norfolk. There he established himself initially as a physician, but later turned to the practice of law." "In 1772 Burke removed to Hillsborough where he acquired a small plantation and resumed the practice of law. Rising quickly to prominence, he represented Orange County in all but the first of the Provincial Congresses where he was an outspoken advocate for independence. In 1777 and briefly in 1778, Burke represented Orange County in the House of Commons. On three occasions he won election to the Continental Congress, where the form of government for the new nation was slowly taking shape. As a delegate to the Continental Congress, Burke emerged as a strong advocate of states' rights and limited central government. He also earned a reputation for his brashness and irascibility, several times becoming the center of controversy." "When the embittered Burke convened the General Assembly in April of 1782, his rather ambiguous offer to retire from public office was accepted almost without remark. Having served only ten months as governor, two of those as a prisoner, he returned to Hillsborough a ruined and deeply disillusioned man. He died less than two years later, on December 2, 1783, and was interred on the grounds of his plantation, "Tyaquin."" [Review 14022 overall, 1344 of 2020, number 2662 in North Carolina.]

This marker is along the Eno River where it is crossed by US-70. There is enough space at the side…read moreof the road to pull over. The actual site it references is no longer. The marker reads, "Grist mill. Site of key Regulator meeting, 1766, and skirmish in 1781 that boosted the Patriot cause. Stood 1/5 mile north." Online, there is more information. "By August 4, 1755, a Quaker by the name of Joseph Maddock was operating a grist mill on the Eno River just outside what is now Hillsborough. For years Maddock's mill had steady business as it was the closest mill to the Orange County seat. In 1766, it was the site of large and well-publicized gathering of Regulators. Edmund Fanning deemed the meeting "an insurrection" when he believed the men were attempting to usurp power from the local court." "Cornwallis reached Hillsborough in Feb. 1781, and dispatched a detachment to the mill. The facility was used by the troops for grinding corn and about thirty soldiers were posted to protect the site. Maj. Joseph Graham learned of the troops at Hart's Mill and ordered his militia to attack. The cavalry and mounted riflemen divided to effectively surround the British. Americans killed or wounded nine men and took nineteen prisoners; all but two were British regulars. Graham and his militia, with prisoners in tow, fled to General Andrew Pickens's camp nearby. Graham's exploits inspired confidence in the weary American soldiers. Thomas Jefferson referred to the skirmish in a letter to George Washington, dated March 8, 1781. He wrote that the skirmish at Hart's Mill, combined with the defeat of Loyalist Col. John Pyle's forces on February 23, "had a very happy effect on the disaffected in that country."" This is marker number G-122 and it was originally cast in 2006. [Review 2123 of 2024 - 3791 in North Carolina - 23142 overall]

Carrboro DMV - I went on-line five weeks prior to schedule an appointment. My appointment to…read moreobtain a ReadID was scheduled for 09/04 @11:00 am. I was in/out of my appointment in approximately 15 minutes. CECE was the employee who helped me through the process. CECE was amazing! She was professional, knowledgeable, helpful, and friendly! If you go on-line to schedule an appointment and CARRBORO is available...schedule your appointment there and hopefully you will be fortunate enough to be called to "station #3" to work with CECE! (I currently live in Raleigh, NC.)

You will wait for a very long time; if you can get an appointment, do. However, the disconnect…read morebetween the supply and demand is not Carrboro DMV's fault. Do not get there much later than 12 PM when they start walk-ins. We waited about four hours but the people were very nice and helpful, even when tempers were fraying. Given other options, this is probably one of the better ones.

We love visiting this library, and are thrilled they added Sunday hours! Our fav section to browse…read moreis the juvenile graphic novel section.

This library is fantastic and everything a library should be as a resource for our community! If…read moreyou have only been coming here to vote, you are missing out. Not only is it beautifully designed with plenty of areas to read and work, but it also offers services such as 3D printing, streaming movie services, and the NC Collection, a fantastic resource for anyone looking into their ancestry. Two things I want to highlight: 1) the seed library (free seeds!) and 2) events. The library (not just this one but all of the libraries) has fantastic events for adults as well as kids. For example, I went to a meeting of the Nicholas Cage movie club, and it was so fun. They also offer lectures on a wide range of interesting topics (the paranormal, ham radios, etc.) as well as practical classes (computer classes for seniors and Spanish classes). I could go on and on-- the library is a fantastic resource in our community that has something for everyone.

Very helpful. Depending on your situation, walk with lots of patience , walking in speak to the…read moreperson at the desk , take a number have a seat until your number is called

This DMV is abysmal and their supervisor with red hair is ridiculously rude. Even if you bring…read moreacceptable documentation, she may not accept it, and after I went back to my apartment and got the documentation she wanted, she continued to make rude comments throughout my appointment despite me having all of my documentation for her. We waited 2 hours despite arriving almost a half hour before opening because they use a QR code that they just put out and everyone rushes to get to, so there was no point even waiting in line. Would definitely not go back, and I hope they get a new supervisor.