McDade, North Carolina

Cedar Grove Rural Crossroads Historic District is a national historic district located at Cedar Grove, Orange County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 44 contributing buildings, 9 contributing sites, and 7 contributing structures in the rural crossroads community of Cedar Grove. The district developed from the mid-19th to mid-20th century, and includes notable examples of Late Victorian and Colonial Revival style architecture. Notable buildings include the Rogers-McDade House, Eno Presbyterian Church (1897-1899), Cedar Grove Methodist Church (1939), Allison-Oliver-Pender Store (1880s), and Allen A. Ellis Store (1923). It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

Cedar Grove is an unincorporated community in Orange County, North Carolina, United States. It is located southeast of McDade, and northwest of Hillsborough. The Cedar Grove Rural Crossroads Historic District and Capt. John S. Pope Farm are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Lake Orange is a freshwater reservoir in Cedar Grove, Orange County, North Carolina, located on the east fork of the Eno River. It is fed by Lick Creek. The lake was created in the 1960s, when five local farmers donated 205 acres of land to the county for the creation of a reservoir. It has an area of 150 acres. The invasive Hydrilla plant is thought to have gotten into the Eno via Lake Orange, where it was first discovered in the 1990s. It provides the town of Hillsborough, North Carolina with water. Lake Orange began to run low on water by 1993, and West Fork Eno Reservoir was constructed to provide additional water to the community.

David Faucette House, also known as The Elms and Maude Faucette House, is a historic home located near Efland, Orange County, North Carolina. It was built about 1820, and is a two-story, three-bay, gable-roofed, vernacular Federal style frame farmhouse with a rear kitchen wing and side wing added in the 1970s. It sits on a fieldstone foundation and has flanking exterior brick end chimneys. It features a mid to late-19th century hip-roofed front porch with turned posts and sawn brackets.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

Wheelers Primitive Baptist Church is located in southwest Person County, North Carolina. The church was formerly known as Wheeleys Meeting House (as well as once called Wheeley's Church and Upper South Hico Church). The church and its cemetery sit at a small rural crossroads about 1 mile south of North Carolina Highway 49. The church is known to locals simply as Wheelers and is located near Gordonton in Bushy Fork Township. The west northwestern part of the cemetery is the oldest and contains many unmarked graves. The original baptist congregation was formed in 1755. In the early part of the 19th century, many Baptists sought to separate from the Calvinist aspect of their theologist that God predestined human beings to either heaven or hell. Others wanted reforms to have Sunday school, musical instruments and paid ministers. In 1832, the church passed a resolution rejecting the reforms and added 'primitive' to the church name. Depressio-era photographer Dorothea Lange photographed the church in early July 1939 as part of her project with the Farm Service Administration. Before any photos were taken, Lange had to receive the permission of the older members of the church. Because of hesitation of several members she did not photograph inside the church. She photographed the church on two occasions: the first was on Wednesday, July 5, 1939; she photographed the ladies cleaning the church property. The second was on Sunday, July 9, 1939, where she photographed the congregation as they departed church services. The men departed from the left door and the women on the right door. Lange's work provided a glimpse of religious life in the south in the late 1930s.

Faucett Mill and House, also known as Coach House and Chatwood, is a historic grist mill, home, and national historic district located near Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina. The mill was built before 1792, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, heavy timber frame, weatherboarded building. It is sided alongside a reconstructed mill race and the Eno River. The Faucett House was built about 1808, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, Federal style frame dwelling, with an original one-story rear wing. The house's southwest wing was originally a separate dwelling known as the Naile Johnson House. It was added to the Faucett House about 1938. Also on the property are the contributing mill cottage, barn, and a section of the "Great Road."It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

Paisley-Rice Log House is a historic home located near Mebane, Orange County, North Carolina. It believed to date to the late-18th century. The log dwelling is composed of two sections and follows the three-room Quaker plan, or Continental Plan. Located between the two sections is a chimney. The interior features vernacular Georgian woodwork. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

Efland is a census-designated place in Orange County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 852, up from the 2010 census population of 734.Efland is located along U.S. Route 70, 3 miles (5 km) west of Hillsborough, the Orange County seat, and 5 miles (8 km) east of Mebane. It is served by exit 160 from Interstate 85. The original name of the Efland community was Green Springs. Efland Ruritan Club hosts most of the CDP's activities, including an annual rodeo and the 4th of July and Christmas parades. The club was charted on December 7, 1981, and Ben Lloyd (former County Commissioner and Farmer) was its first president.Efland has two schools, Efland-Cheeks Elementary School and Gravelly Hill Middle School. Located next to Gravelly Hill MS on West Ten Road is an Orange County soccer facility. The Soccer.Com Center offers 5 full size soccer fields, 1 practice soccer field, a walking track, a concession building and restroom facilities.The David Faucette House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

Sugartree Creek is a 4.95 mi (7.97 km) long 1st order tributary to South Hyco Creek in Caswell County, North Carolina.

Montrose is a historic estate and national historic district located at Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina. The main house was built about 1900 and remodeled in 1948. It is a two-story, three-bay, double-pile frame dwelling with a high-hip, slate-covered roof, and flanking one-story wings. It features a Colonial Revival style pedimented entrance pavilion with a swan's neck pediment. Also on the property are the contributing William Alexander Graham Law Office (1842, c. 1893) with Federal style design elements, garage (1935), kitchen (c. 1845), smokehouse (c. 1830), pump house (1948), tractor shed (1948), animal shelter (1948), barn (c. 1830-1845) and the landscaped gardens (c. 1842-1977).It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. It is located in the Hillsborough Historic District.

Schley (pronounced Shly) is an unincorporated community, in Orange County, North Carolina, United States, located southwest of Caldwell and northeast of Hillsborough. It lies at an elevation of 584 feet (178 m). One of the main landmarks in the area is the Schley Grange Hall at the intersection of Hwy 57 and Schley Road. Schley has a very active farming community.

Miles is an unincorporated community in Orange County, North Carolina, United States, located on U.S. Route 70, north of Buckhorn.