| Official Name: | Governors Village, North Carolina |
| Pushpin Map: | North Carolina#USA |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | North Carolina |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Chatham |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.17 |
| Area Land Km2: | 1.15 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.02 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.45 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.45 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 1512 |
| Population Density Km2: | 1311.36 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 3397.75 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 269 |
| Coordinates: | 35.8519°N -79.0258°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 27517[1] |
| Area Code: | 919 and 984 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 2812783 |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
The Governors Village is a 450acres New Urbanism neighborhood and census-designated place (CDP) in Chatham County, North Carolina, United States, with an address of Chapel Hill. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 1,512.[3]
Governors Village consists of four residential home neighborhoods (Governors Village, Governors Park, Governors Forest, Governors Lake), 160 townhomes (Governors Village and Governors Lake Townes), 242 apartments (Camden Governors Village), and multiple commercial buildings.
Governors Village is located directly across the street from the main entrance to Governors Club, a 1600acres gated community with a 27-hole Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course with over 1,200 homes.
The community has numerous parks, sidewalks and walking trails including a small community lake. In addition, the community is located just a few miles from Jordan Lake, a large recreation lake.[4]
Based on its community and volunteer activities Governors Village was named "Community of the Year" for 2009 by the North Carolina Chapter of the Community Associations Institute (Mid-sized Mixed-Use division).[5]
The original Governors Village Shopping Center opened in 2000 with the opening of the grocery store. That shopping center now includes a dry cleaner, nail salon, and food take out shops. Shortly thereafter, a bank branch opened at the main entrance to Governors Village.
In 2005, a second shopping center opened in Governors Village featuring several restaurants, a veterinarian, and dentist's office. In 2012, The Commons @ Governors Village, another commercial retail center, opened housing the offices of a realty firm, an independent pharmacy, and a construction firm, with an insurance office opening an office in 2016. In 2017 a new commercial building opened with more commercial space opening in the future.
| White alone (NH) | 1,215 | 80.36% | |
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 76 | 5.03% | |
| Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 1 | 0.07% | |
| Asian alone (NH) | 64 | 4.23% | |
| Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 0 | 0.00% | |
| Some Other Race alone (NH) | 12 | 0.79% | |
| Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH) | 74 | 4.89% | |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 70 | 4.63% | |
| Total | 1,512 | 100.00% |