City of Durham careers

2,600 people work for the City of Durham across 26 departments, serving 286,000 residents. The city's own welcome pages tell the origin story: incorporated in 1869 and named for Dr. Bartlett Snipes Durham, who offered the North Carolina Railroad four acres for a station back in the 1840s. Durham grew as a tobacco and banking center, and the years between 1900 and 1925 added North Carolina Central University and Duke University to the map. The mission handed to every city employee reads simply: quality services to make Durham a great place to live, work, and play.