Descendants of European immigrants settled along the Eno River in the latter 1740s and early 1750s, including many Quakers from Pennsylvania.

[4] In 1759, officials changed the county seat's name from Corbinton to Childsburg, after another of Earl Granville's agents, Thomas Child.

The Eno converges with the Flat and Little Rivers to form the Neuse at Falls Lake, which straddles Durham and Wake counties.

Though barely more than forty miles from its source to its convergence at the Neuse, the Eno features significant stretches of natural preservation.

Permitted recreational activities include swimming, hiking, fishing, canoeing, kayaking, and backcountry camping.