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Granville County, North Carolina

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

 

County Seat: Oxford
Year Organized: 1746
Square Miles: 531
Court House:

PO Box 906
County Courthouse
Oxford, NC 27565-0906

Etymology - Origin of County Name

It was named in honor of John Carteret, Earl of Granville, who owned the Granville District.

 

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

Granville was formed in 1746 from Edgecombe. It was named in honor of John Carteret, Earl of Granville, who owned the Granville District. It is in the northeastern section of the State and is bounded by Vance, Wake, Durham and Person counties and the state of Virginia. The present land area is 531.12 square miles and the 2000 population was 48,498. The first county seat was called Granville Court House. In 1748 the location selected became unsatisfactory. Therefore, it was ordered that the courthouse be located on a branch of Tar River called Tabb's Creek. Oxford was made the county seat in 1811 and was incorporated in 1816.

 

Neighboring Counties:
  • Vance
  • Wake
  • Durham
  • Person
  • State of Virginia
Cities and Towns:
- Creedmoor city Incorporated Area
- Oxford (County Seat) city Incorporated Area
- Stem town Incorporated Area
- Stovall town Incorporated Area
County Resources:

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Counties: US Map

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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