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Davie County, North Carolina
Davie County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 42,712. Its county seat is Mocksville. Davie County is included in the Winston-Salem, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Greensboro-Winston-Salem- High Point, NC Combined Statistical Area. History The county was formed in 1836 from Rowan County. It was named for William R. Davie, Governor of North Carolina from 1798 to 1799. Davie County was initially strongly Unionist. However, 1,147 soldiers from Davie County fought in the American Civil War for the Confederate States of America. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.1%) is water. Major water bodies * Bear Creek * Buffalo Creek * Carter Creek * Chinquapin Creek * Dutchman Creek * Greasy Creek * Little Bear Creek * Little Creek * South Yadkin River * Sugar Creek * Yadkin River Adjacent counties * Yadki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Richardson Davie
William Richardson Davie (June 20, 1756 – November 29, 1820) was a Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father of the United States, military officer during the Revolutionary War (United States), Revolutionary War, and List of Governors of North Carolina, 10th Governor of North Carolina, from 1798–1799. A member of the United States Federalist Party, Federalist Party, Davie served as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention (United States), Constitutional Convention as a representative of North Carolina. He is also one of the key founders of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina. Early life Davie was born in Egremont, Cumbria, Egremont, Cumberland, County Cumberland in North West England, where his father Archibald Davie had settled with his mother, Mary Richardson, whose family came from Dumfriesshire, Scotland. He immigrated to the American colonies in 1764, when his father brought him to the Waxhaws region near Lanca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buffalo Creek (North Carolina Creek)
Buffalo Creek may refer to: Waterways in the United States Arkansas *Buffalo Creek (Mountain Fork), a stream in Polk County Illinois * Buffalo Creek (Illinois) Iowa *Buffalo Creek (Clear Creek tributary), a stream in Iowa * Buffalo Creek (Wapsipinicon River tributary), a river in Iowa; see Minnesota *Buffalo Creek (Crow River tributary) *Buffalo Creek (Crow Wing County, Minnesota) Missouri *Buffalo Creek (Blackwater River tributary), a stream in Missouri *Buffalo Creek (Current River tributary), a stream in Missouri * Buffalo Creek (Elk River tributary, Oklahoma), a stream in Missouri and Oklahoma *Buffalo Creek (Mississippi River tributary), a stream in Missouri New York *Buffalo River (New York), known as Buffalo Creek southeast of the city of Buffalo **Treaties of Buffalo Creek North Carolina *Buffalo Creek (Deep River tributary), a stream in Moore County * Buffalo Creek (Reedy Fork tributary), a stream in Guilford County Oklahoma *Buffalo Creek (Mountain Fork), a str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iredell County, North Carolina
Iredell County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 186,693. Its county seat is Statesville, and its largest town is Mooresville. The county was formed in 1788, subtracted from Rowan County. It is named for James Iredell, one of the first justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.Martin, Jonathan; Iredell County is included in the Charlotte–Concord– Gastonia, NC– SC Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined in 2013 by the Office of Management and Budget with data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Historical timeline Prior to colonization, three Siouan-speaking tribes associated with a culture group called the Eastern Siouans probably inhabited the area that is now Iredell County. Broken into several smaller tribes, they were the Catawba, the Waccamaw Siouan, the Cheraw, the Winyaw, the Wateree and the Sugaree. The following list shows significant events and firsts in the history of the area that is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davidson County, North Carolina
Davidson County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 168,930. Its county seat is Lexington, and its largest city is Thomasville. Davidson County is included in the Winston-Salem, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Greensboro-Winston-Salem- High Point, NC Combined Statistical Area. Parts of Davidson County are in the Yadkin Valley wine region. History The original North Carolina county of this name was created in 1786 what was then the far western portion of North Carolina, with its county seat at Nashville and a territory covering most of what is now Middle Tennessee. When Tennessee was established as a separate state in 1796, this county became Davidson County, Tennessee. The current North Carolina county was formed in 1822 from Rowan County. It was named after Brigadier General William Lee Davidson, an American Revolutionary War general killed at the Battle of Cowan's Ford on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forsyth County, North Carolina
Forsyth County is located in the northwest Piedmont of the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 382,590, making it the fourth-most populous county in North Carolina. Its county seat is Winston-Salem. Forsyth County is part of the Winston-Salem, NC, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Greensboro-Winston-Salem- High Point, NC, Combined Statistical Area. Portions of Forsyth County are in the Yadkin Valley wine region. History The county was formed in 1849 from Stokes County. It was named for Colonel Benjamin Forsyth, who was killed in the War of 1812. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county is in the outer Appalachian Mountains, and has a total area of , of which is land and (1.1%) is water. The northeast section of Forsyth County, including Belews Creek and parts of Rural Hall, Walkertown, and Kernersville, is drained by tributaries of the Dan River. A small portion of Kernersville is in the Cap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yadkin County, North Carolina
Yadkin County is located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 37,214. Its county seat is Yadkinville. Yadkin County is included in the Winston-Salem, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Greensboro-Winston-Salem- High Point, NC Combined Statistical Area. History The county was formed in 1850 from the part of Surry County south of the Yadkin River, for which it was named. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.8%) is water. Yadkin County is located in the Piedmont region of central North Carolina. The Piedmont consists of rolling farmlands frequently broken by hills or valleys formed by streams. The extreme western section of the county contains the Brushy Mountains, a deeply eroded spur of the much higher Blue Ridge Mountains to the west. Yadkin County marks the eastern end of the Brushy Mountains range; none of the peaks rise more than 400 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yadkin River
The Yadkin River is one of the longest rivers in North Carolina, flowing . It rises in the northwestern portion of the state near the Blue Ridge Parkway's Thunder Hill Overlook. Several parts of the river are impounded by dams for water, power, and flood control. The river becomes the Pee Dee River at the confluence of the Uwharrie River south of the community of Badin and east of the town of Albemarle. The river then flows into South Carolina near Cheraw, which is at the Fall Line. The entirety of the Yadkin River and the Great Pee Dee River is part of the Yadkin-Pee Dee River Basin. Etymology The meaning of the word Yadkin, derived from ''Yattken'', or ''Yattkin'', a Siouan Indian word, is unknown. In Siouan terminology it may mean "big tree" or "place of big trees." Alternate names include: :Adkin River :Atkin River :Big Yadkin River :Reatkin River :Sapona River :Yatkin River Yadkin County, North Carolina, and its county seat, the town of Yadkinville, are named af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sugar Creek (North Carolina)
Sugar Creek, also called Sugaw Creek, is a small tributary of the Catawba River in North and South Carolina in the United States. Its takes its name from a Native American (probably Catawba) word ''sugaw'' said to mean "collection of huts" (compare Catawba ''suk'', "house"), which was anglicized ''Sugar'' in the name of the street which runs by the creek (Sugar Creek Road) and ''Sugaw'' in the name of Sugaw Creek Park and the Presbyterian church located by it. During the Battle of Charlotte in the American Revolutionary War, as William Richardson Davie's forces withdrew from Charlotte on 26 September 1780, captain Joseph Graham was wounded at Sugaw Creek but survived and went on to fight again at the Battle of Cowan's Ford. For a time, effluent from Charlotte's sewers and industries was dumped into the creek.''River of the Carolinas: the Santee'' (1968) See also * List of rivers of North Carolina This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of North Carolina. By drainage basin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Yadkin River
The South Yadkin River is a long river that flows through Alexander, Davie, Iredell, Rowan, and Wilkes counties of North Carolina. The mouth is located north of High Rock Lake, where the South Yadkin River meets the Yadkin River. Major cities along the course of the South Yadkin River include, Statesville in Iredell County and Cooleemee in Davie County. The South Yadkin River forms the border of Davie and Rowan counties. High Rock Lake begins at the confluence of the South Yadkin River and the similarly named and larger Yadkin River. Tributaries Major tributaries of the South Yadkin River include: * Hunting Creek * Fourth Creek (see also Fourth Creek Congregation The community of the Fourth Creek Congregation was a group of Scots-Irish Presbyterians who first arrived in the Province of North Carolina in the mid to late 1730s and established a congregation by 1750 under pastor John Thompson in Anson Coun ...) * Third Creek * Second Creek and tributaries: Withrow's Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Creek (North Carolina)
Little Creek may refer to: Places in the United States *Little Creek, Delaware, a town in Kent County *Little Creek (Gualala River), a tributary of the Gualala River in California *Little Creek Hundred, Kent County, an unincorporated subdivision in Delaware *Little Creek Hundred, Sussex County, an unincorporated subdivision in Delaware *Little Creek, Georgia, an unincorporated community *Little Creek (Addition Creek tributary), a stream in Montana *Little Creek Peak, a mountain in Utah *Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, a United States Navy base in Virginia Beach, Virginia Waterways *Little River (Delaware), also called Little Creek, a tributary of Delaware Bay *Little Creek (North Fork River), a stream in Missouri *Little Creek (New Jersey), a river in Burlington County * Little Creek (New York), a tributary of Cayuga Lake *Little Creek (Cape Fear River tributary) Little Creek is a long 1st order tributary to the Cape Fear River in Harnett County, North Carolina. This stream ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Bear Creek (North Carolina)
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Greasy Creek (North Carolina)
Greasy Creek may refer to: *Greasy Creek, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in Pike County *Greasy Creek (Kentucky), a stream in Leslie County, in whose drainage area is the John Shell Cabin *Greasy Creek (Big Sugar Creek tributary), a stream in Missouri *Greasy Creek (Castor River tributary), a stream in Missouri *Greasy Creek (McKenzie Creek tributary), a stream in Missouri *Greasy Creek (Niangua River tributary) Greasy Creek is a stream in Dallas and Webster counties the Ozarks of southwest Missouri. It is a tributary of the Niangua River. The stream headwaters are located at and the confluence with the Niangua River is at . The source waters of the stre ..., a stream in Missouri * Greasy Creek (Saline River tributary), a stream in Missouri {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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