Find Online CollegesFind Campus Colleges
Choose a County
Alamance,
Alexander, Alleghany,
Anson, Ashe,
Avery, Beaufort,
Bertie, Bladen,
Brunswick, Buncombe,
Burke, Cabarrus,
Caldwell, Camden,
Carteret, Caswell,
Catawba, Chatham,
Cherokee, Chowan,
Clay, Cleveland,
Columbus, Craven,
Cumberland, Currituck,
Dare, Davidson,
Davie, Duplin,
Durham, Edgecombe,
Forsyth, Franklin,
Gaston, Gates,
Graham, Granville,
Greene, Guilford,
Halifax, Harnett,
Haywood, Henderson,
Hertford, Hoke,
Hyde, Iredell,
Jackson, Johnston,
Jones, Lee,
Lenoir, Lincoln,
Macon, Madison,
Martin, McDowell,
Mecklenburg, Mitchell,
Montgomery, Moore,
Nash, New Hanover,
Northampton, Onslow,
Orange, Pamlico,
Pasquotank, Pender,
Perquimans, Person,
Pitt, Polk,
Randolph, Richmond,
Robeson, Rockingham,
Rowan, Rutherford,
Sampson, Scotland,
Stanly, Stokes,
Surry, Swain,
Transylvania, Tyrrell,
Union, Vance,
Wake, Warren,
Washington, Watauga,
Wayne, Wilkes,
Wilson, Yadkin,
Yancey
North Carolina Counties
 Click Image to Enlarge North Carolina CountiesNorth Carolina is divided into 100 counties. North Carolina ranks 28th in size by area, but has the seventh most counties in the country. |
Stokes County, North CarolinaStokes County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameIt was named in honor of Captain John Stokes, a soldier of the Revolution, who was seriously wounded at the Waxhaw Massacre when Colonel Buford's Regiment was cut to pieces by Tarlton. After the war Washington appointed him a judge of the United States District Court of North Carolina. Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts County HistoryStokes was formed in 1789 from Surry. It was named in honor of Captain John Stokes, a soldier of the Revolution, who was seriously wounded at the Waxhaw Massacre when Colonel Buford's Regiment was cut to pieces by Tarlton. After the war Washington appointed him a judge of the United States District Court of North Carolina. It is in the north central section of the State and is bounded by Rockingham, Forsyth and Surry counties and the state of Virginia. The present land area is 451.84 square miles and the 2000 population was 44,711. When Stokes was taken from Surry the old courthouse was ordered to be sold, and the proceeds were to be equally divided between Surry and Stokes and applied towards the erection of new courthouses. The act ordered the first court to be held at the home of Gray Bynum, and all subsequent courts were to be held where the justices designated until the courthouse could be erected. Commissioners were named to select the site and have the public building erected. In 1790 Germantown was laid out on land deeded to the county from Michael and Henry Fry. Germantown remained the county seat until 1849 when Forsyth was taken from Stokes. The act establishing Forsyth county directed that the first court of Stokes after the passage of the act be held at Germantown, at which time the justices were to determine a location for the new courthouse and jail. In 1851 Crawford was established as the county seat. In 1852 Crawford was changed to Danbury. Danbury is the county seat. Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
County Resources:Enter County Resources and Information Here |
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." |
