Durham facts for kids

Durham commonly refers to:

• Durham, England, a historic city and the county town of County Durham
• County Durham, an English county
• Durham, North Carolina, a city in North Carolina, United States

Durham may also refer to:

Places

Australia

• Durham, Queensland, an outback locality in the Bulloo Shire of Queensland
• Durham Ox, Victoria
• Durham Lead, Victoria, a locality in the City of Ballarat

Canada

• Durham, Nova Scotia
• Durham, Ontario, a small town in Grey County, Ontario
• Durham County, Ontario, a historic county
• Regional Municipality of Durham, a regional government in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario
  • Durham (electoral district), a federal electoral district in Durham Region
  • Durham (provincial electoral district), a provincial electoral district in Durham Region
• Durham Bridge, New Brunswick
• Durham Parish, New Brunswick

United Kingdom

• Durham District, a former local government district, which held city status 1974–2009
• Durham and Framwelgate, a former local government district, which held city status until 1974
• Kirkpatrick Durham, a village and parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
• County Palatine of Durham, a historic ecclesiastical county

United States

• Durham, Arkansas
• Durham, California
• Durham, Colorado, a place in Mesa County
• Durham, Connecticut
• Durham, Florida, a place in Calhoun County
• Durham, Georgia
• Durham Township, Hancock County, Illinois
• Durham, Gibson County, Indiana, a place in Union Township
• Durham, La Porte County, Indiana, a place in New Durham Township
• Durham, Kansas
• Durham, Maine
• Durham, Missouri
• Durham, New Hampshire
• Durham, New York
• Durham, North Carolina
• Durham, Oklahoma
• Durham, Oregon

Other uses

• Durham (surname)
• Bishop of Durham, an Anglican bishop
• Earl of Durham, a British title, from 1833 to present
• Durham Fair, the largest agricultural fair in Connecticut
• Durham Museum (formerly the Durham Western Heritage Museum), in Omaha, Nebraska
• Durham rule, one way that has been used to frame the insanity defense in the U.S.
• Durham University, in Durham, England
• Fort Durham, an archaeological site near Taku Harbor, Alaska
• USS Durham (LKA-114), a Charleston class amphibious cargo ship of the United States Navy
• Durham Glaster, a fictional character in the manga series Black Cat

See also

In Spanish: Durham (desambiguación) para niños

• Durum, a breed of wheat
• Durham station (disambiguation)
• Durham City (disambiguation)
• Durham County (disambiguation)
• Durham Township (disambiguation)
• Durhamville (disambiguation)
• New Durham (disambiguation)