Location: North Carolina, United States
Surname/tag: Alamance_County
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Biography
Alamance County (link to FamilySearch page) Established in 1849 from Orange County. County seat is Graham.
History
Battles - https://www.carolana.com/NC/Revolution/nc_revolution_engagements_alamance_county.html
https://northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/alamance-county-1849/
https://www.alamance-nc.com/about-alamance-county/history/
Germanna History Notes: https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~george/johnsgermnotes/germhist.html
Adjacant Counties
Caswell County - north Orange County - east Chatham County - south-southeast Randolph County - southwest Guilford County - west Rockingham County - northwest
Courthouses
Registry of Deeds: http://www.alamancerod.org/
Geography
The county is in the Piedmont physiographical region. It has a general rolling terrain with the Cane Creek Mountains rising to over 970 ft (300 m)[25] in the south-central part of the county just north of Snow Camp. Bass Mountain, one of the prominent hills in the range, is home to a world-renowned bluegrass music festival every year. Also, isolated monadnocks are in the northern part of the county that rise to near or over 900 ft (270 m) above sea level. The largest river that flows through Alamance County is the Haw, which feeds into Jordan Lake in Chatham County, eventually leading to the Cape Fear River. The county is also home to numerous creeks, streams, and ponds, including Great Alamance Creek, where a portion of the Battle of Alamance was fought. The three large municipal reservoirs are: Lake Cammack, Lake Mackintosh, and Graham-Mebane Lake (formerly Quaker Lake). The southwest end of the county is drained by North Rocky River Prong and Greenbrier Creek, two tributaries of the Rocky River in the Deep River system.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamance_County,_North_Carolina
Demographics
Historical population Census Pop. Note %± 1850 11,444 — 1860 11,852 3.6% 1870 11,874 0.2% 1880 14,613 23.1% 1890 18,271 25.0% 1900 25,665 40.5% 1910 28,712 11.9% 1920 32,718 14.0% 1930 42,140 28.8% 1940 57,427 36.3% 1950 71,220 24.0% 1960 85,674 20.3% 1970 96,362 12.5% 1980 99,319 3.1% 1990 108,213 9.0% 2000 130,800 20.9% 2010 151,131 15.5% 2020 171,415 13.4% 2022 (est.) 176,353 [27] 2.9% U.S. Decennial Census[28] 1790-1960[29] 1900-1990[30] 1990-2000[31] 2010-2013[32] 2020[33]
Cities/Towns
Burlington is the biggest city. Other towns are Graham, Mebane, Elon, Gibsonville, Green Level, Haw River, Swepsonville, Ossipee, and Alamance. Other unincorporated towns are Saxapahaw, Woodlawn, Snow Camp, Glencoe, and Bellemont. https://www.alamance-nc.com/about-alamance-county/communities/
Land Grants
https://nclandgrants.com/home.htm
Profiles
Surname Link: https://www.alamance-nc.com/library/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2013/10/LIB-LH-GR-Family_Histories_at_Graham-JAN092012-MS.pdf
Sources
- https://www.carolana.com/NC/Revolution/nc_revolution_engagements_alamance_county.html
- https://www.alamance-nc.com/about-alamance-county/communities/
https://northcarolina.hometownlocator.com/counties/cities,cfips,001,c,alamance.cfm
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamance_County,_North_Carolina
- https://www.livingplaces.com/NC/Alamance_County.html
- https://northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/alamance-county-1849/
- https://www.carolana.com/NC/Counties/alamance_county_nc.html#:~:text=Alamance%20County%20was%20formed%20in,Regulators%20on%20May%2017%2C%201771
- https://www.alamance-nc.com/about-alamance-county/history/
- Bringing Textile History to Life in Alamance County, North Carolina by Miriam M. Pace
- Elon - Images of America by Don Bolden, Arcadia Publishing
- A Slap and A Frown: The Heart of Alamance CountyA Slap and A Frown: The Heart of Alamance County by Darryl R. Peebles
- https://www.ncgenealogy.org/tag/alamance-county-nc/
- https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=Awriiugy0JBk4BIv1kQPxQt.;_ylu=Y29sbwNiZjEEcG9zAzUEdnRpZANMT0NVSTA1N0NfMQRzZWMDc3I-/RV=2/RE=1687240882/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2fwww.ncgenealogy.org%2fnorth-carolina-estate-files-alamance-county-index%2f/RK=2/RS=xYHlqbKvbmm.Aex9CpKjVuwVkxI-
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamance_County,_North_Carolina
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