page_title: History of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
hierarchical_section_title: History of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
caption_attribution_description: English: "A Plan of the Situation of Ye University, Ye Ornamental Ground, Ye Adjacent Village, the Lands Belonging to Ye Trustees," by Charles Wilson Harris, 1795. An early map of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, for which the cornerstone was laid two years prior &#8211; 1793. Image courtesy of the University Archives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
context_page_description: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a coeducational public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. It is one of three schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States. The first public institution of higher education in North Carolina, the school opened on February 12, 1795.
  Until the 1970s, the University was simply known as the University of North Carolina. After the other state universities were combined into a single public university system, called the University of North Carolina, the original institution was given the new name of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
context_section_description: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a coeducational public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. It is one of three schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States. The first public institution of higher education in North Carolina, the school opened on February 12, 1795.
  Until the 1970s, the University was simply known as the University of North Carolina. After the other state universities were combined into a single public university system, called the University of North Carolina, the original institution was given the new name of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
caption: A Plan of the Situation of the University, the Ornamental Ground, the Adjacent Village, the Lands Belonging to the Trustees, Charles Wilson Harris, 1795. Early plan for the university.
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