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North Carolina is divided into 100 counties. North Carolina ranks 28th in size by area, but has the seventh most counties in the country.

Stanly County, North Carolina

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

County Seat: Albemarle
Year Organized: 1841
Square Miles: 395

Court House:

201 S Second St
County Courthouse
Albemarle, NC 28001-5741

Etymology - Origin of County Name

It was named in honor of John Stanly who for many years was a member of the Legislature and several times speaker of the House of Commons.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Stanly was formed in 1841 from Montgomery. It was named in honor of John Stanly who for many years was a member of the Legislature and several times speaker of the House of Commons. It is in the central section of the State and is bounded by Montgomery, Richmond, Anson, Union, Cabarrus and Rowan counties. The present land area is 395.06 square miles and the 2000 population was 58,100. Albemarle is the county seat.

Neighboring Counties:

Montgomery
Richmond
Anson
Union
Cabarrus
Rowan

Cities and Towns:

- Albemarle (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Badin	town	Incorporated Area
- Locust	city	Incorporated Area
- Misenheimer	village	Incorporated Area
- New London	town	Incorporated Area
- Norwood	town	Incorporated Area
- Oakboro	town	Incorporated Area
- Red Cross	town	Incorporated Area
- Richfield	town	Incorporated Area
- Stanfield	town	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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County Resources

The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of this 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."