Preston

Preston is a neighborhood in Cedar Fork Township, Wake, North Carolina. Preston is situated nearby to the town Morrisville, as well as near the hamlet Green Level.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Green Hope High School and Pugh House.

Green Hope High School

School

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Green Hope High School is a secondary school located at 2500 Carpenter Upchurch Road in Cary, North Carolina. It is a part of the Wake County Public School System. Green Hope High School is situated 1½ miles west of Preston.

Pugh House

Residential building

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Pugh House is a historic home located at Morrisville, Wake County, North Carolina. The house was built about 1870, and is a two-story, three-bay-wide, Italianate style frame I-house with a one-story end-gabled rear ell. Pugh House is situated 1½ miles north of Preston.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Morrisville and Cary.

Morrisville

Town

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Morrisville is a town located primarily in Wake County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 29,630 at the 2020 census. Located midway between Raleigh and Durham, Morrisville is part of the Research Triangle metropolitan region. Morrisville is situated 1½ miles north of Preston.

Cary

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Cary is a town in the Research Triangle of North Carolina. It is primarily a fast-growing suburb of Raleigh, the state capital, but has developed some economic gravity of its own.

Green Level

Hamlet

Green Level is an unincorporated community in southwestern Wake County, North Carolina, United States. It was founded c. 1800 and is one of the best preserved crossroads communities in the county. Green Level is situated 4 miles west of Preston.

Preston

Type: Neighborhood
Categories: residential area and locality
Location: Cedar Fork Township, Wake, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.80069° or 35° 48′ 3″ north

Longitude

-78.83615° or 78° 50′ 10″ west

Elevation

315 feet (96 metres)

Open location code

8773R527+7G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1091287788

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=residential

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

4486477

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