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Eno River
2008-06-22 Eno River Rodolphe Rd access pier view 1.jpg
The Eno River near Falls Lake
Eno River is located in North Carolina
Eno River
Location of Eno River mouth
Country United States
State North Carolina
Counties Orange
Durham
Cities Hillsborough, Durham
Physical characteristics
Main source Confluence of East and West Forks of Eno River
about 5 miles north of Efland, North Carolina
568 ft (173 m)
36°07′42″N 079°09′29″W / 36.12833°N 79.15806°W / 36.12833; -79.15806
River mouth Neuse River at Falls Lake
Durham, North Carolina, NC
252 ft (77 m)
36°05′42″N 078°48′48″W / 36.09500°N 78.81333°W / 36.09500; -78.81333
Length 40 mi (64 km)
Basin features
Progression generally east
River system Neuse River
Basin size 259.74 square miles (672.7 km2)
Tributaries
  • Left:
    Dry Run
    Strouds Creek
    Little Creek
    Buckwater Creek
    Crooked Creek
    Little River
    Flat River
  • Right:
    McGowan Creek
    Sevenmile Creek
    Cates Creek
    Stony Creek
    Rhodes Creek
Waterbodies Falls Lake

The Eno River, named for the Eno Indians who once lived along its banks, is the initial tributary of the Neuse River in North Carolina, United States. Descendants of European immigrants settled along the Eno River in the latter 1740s and early 1750s, including many Quakers from Pennsylvania. Several years after the 1752 creation of Orange County, the Orange County Court of Common Pleas & Quarter Sessions selected a site along the Eno River near the homes of James Watson and William Reed as the county seat, originally naming it Corbin Town, or Corbinton, after Francis Corbin, agent and attorney to John, Earl Granville. The Court met at James Watson's home along the Eno River from 1754 through 1756, when the courthouse at Corbinton was completed.

In 1759, officials changed the county seat's name from Corbinton to Childsburg, after another of Earl Granville's agents, Thomas Child. Finally, in 1766, officials changed the name to Hillsborough.

The Eno rises in Orange County. The river's watershed occupies most of Orange and Durham counties. The Eno converges with the Flat and Little Rivers to form the Neuse at Falls Lake, which straddles Durham and Wake counties.

The Eno is notable for its beauty and water quality, which has been preserved through aggressive citizen efforts. Though barely more than forty miles from its source to its convergence at the Neuse, the Eno features significant stretches of natural preservation. Through the combined efforts of the North Carolina State Parks System, local government, and private non-profit preservation groups, over 5,600 acres (23 km2) of land have been protected in the Eno Basin, including Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area, Eno River State Park, West Point on the Eno (a Durham City Park), and Penny's Bend State Nature Preserve (managed by the North Carolina Botanical Garden).

Permitted recreational activities include swimming, hiking, fishing, canoeing, kayaking, and backcountry camping. Individual and group campsites are available.

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