This Day in the History of the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Commissioners appointed by the recently established Board of Trustees met in Pittsboro to decide on a location for the new university. In the following days, the committee visited several sites near Pittsboro, Haw River, and Raleigh.

The Board of Trustees' site-selection committee visited New Hope Chapel Hill in Orange County. After their visit, they recommended the site as the location for the new university.