Why do some places in Durham have street addresses using the names of other cities?
A U.S. Postal Service official mis-assigned these addresses, and they are continuously being corrected. The official either believed that addresses don’t need to synchronize with actual physical locations or mistakenly believed that Southeast Durham is Morrisville, Southwest Durham is Chapel Hill, Northwest Durham is Hillsborough, and Northeast Durham is Butner. In any respect, it has been a source of great confusion both for media and for visitors.
