CHAPEL-HILL, a post-town of North America, in Orange county, North Carolina, situated near the head of New Hope Creek, a branch of the Haw. This is the seat of the university of North Carolina, which was incorporated in 1793. The college buildings consist of a chapel, two spacious edifices for the accommodation of students, and a president's house. The town is distant twenty-eight miles west-north-west from Raleigh. Long. 79. 3. W. Lat 35. 40. N.