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Morrisville is a town in Wake County, North Carolina, United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=General Information )〕 A small portion of the town extends into Durham County.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Wake County, NC (Map Sheet 17) )〕 The population was 18,576 at the 2010 census. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates the town's population to be 21,932 as of July 1, 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=United States Census Bureau )〕 Morrisville is part of the Research Triangle metropolitan region. The regional name originated after the 1959 creation of the Research Triangle Park, located midway between the cities of Raleigh and Durham. The Research Triangle region encompasses the U.S. Census Bureau's Combined Statistical Area (CSA) of Raleigh-Durham-Cary. The estimated population of the Raleigh-Durham-Cary CSA was 1,565,223 as of July 1, 2006, with the Raleigh-Cary Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) portion estimated at 994,551 residents. ==Geography== Morrisville is located at (35.827493, -78.828930). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.62%, is water. Morrisville is located in the northeast central region of North Carolina, where the North American Piedmont and Atlantic Coastal Plain regions meet. This area is known as the "fall line" because it marks the elevation inland at which waterfalls begin to appear in creeks and rivers. As a result, most of Morrisville features gently rolling hills that slope eastward toward the state's flat coastal plain. Its central Piedmont location situates the county about three hours west of Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, by car and four hours east of the Great Smoky Mountains. The central core of Morrisville is located along the upper portion of Crabtree Creek, which then feeds into Lake Crabtree, located in the southeastern part of the town. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Morrisville, North Carolina」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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