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Davidson County, North Carolina

Davidson County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

 

County Seat: Lexington
Year Organized: 1822
Square Miles: 552		 Court House:

PO Box 1067
County Courthouse
Lexington, NC 27293-1067
Etymology - Origin of County Name

It was named in honor of General William Lee Davidson, a gallant soldier of the Revolution, who was killed at Cowan's Ford.

 

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

Davidson was formed in 1822 from Rowan. It was named in honor of General William Lee Davidson, a gallant soldier of the Revolution, who was killed at Cowan's Ford. When General Greene retreated across North Carolina before Cornwallis in 1781, he stationed troops under Davidson at Cowan's Ford on the Catawba River to delay the British army. The British attacked the Americans, killing General Davidson, and forced a passage. The United States government has erected a monument in his honor on Guilford Battle Ground. The county is in the central section of the State and is bounded by Randolph, Montgomery, Rowan, Davie, Forsyth, and Guilford counties. The present land area is 552.15 square miles and the 2000 population was 147,246. Lexington is the county seat.

 

Neighboring Counties:
  • Randolph
  • Montgomery
  • Rowan
  • Davie
  • Forsyth
  • Guilford
Cities and Towns:
- Denton town Incorporated Area
- Lexington (County Seat) city Incorporated Area
- Thomasville city Incorporated Area
- Wallburg town Incorporated Area
County Resources:

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County Resource Guide

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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of our country!"

But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.

Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally, act locally."
 

 

 

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