Alamance County

The Alamance County Courthouse (2013) is one of 65 entries for the county on the National Register of Historic Places
administration
US state :	North Carolina
Administrative headquarters :	Graham
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Office Building 124 West Elm St Graham, NC 27253-2802
Foundation :	January 9, 1849
Made up from:	Orange County
Area code :	001 336
Demographics
Residents :	130,800  (2000)
Population density :	117.4 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1126 km²
Water surface :	12 km²
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Website : www.alamance-nc.com

The Alamance County is a county in the state of North Carolina of the United States . The county seat is Graham , named after Governor William Alexander Graham .

geography

The county is located north of the geographic center of North Carolina, is about 40 km to the north from Virginia and has an area of ​​1,126 square kilometers, of which 12 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Caswell County , Orange County , Chatham County , Randolph County, and Guilford County .

Alamance County is divided into 13 townships : 1 (Patterson), 2 (Coble), 3 (Boone Station), 4 (Morton), 5 (Faucette), 6 (Graham), 7 (Albright), 8 (Newlin), 9 (Thompson), 10 (Melville), 11 (Pleasant Grove), 12 (Burlington) and 13 (Haw River).

history

Alamance County was formed on January 9, 1849 from parts of Orange County. It was named after the Great Alamance Creek , a 19 km long river that flows into the Haw River .

A total of 65 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 21, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1850	11,444		-
1860	11,852		3.6%
1870	11,874		0.2%
1880	14,613		23.1%
1890	18,271		25%
1900	25,665		40.5%
1910	28,712		11.9%
1920	32,718		14%
1930	42,140		28.8%
1940	57,427		36.3%
1950	71,220		24%
1960	85,674		20.3%
1970	96,362		12.5%
1980	99,319		3.1%
1990	108.213		9%
2000	130,800		20.9%
Before 1900 1900-1990 2000

As of the 2000 census , Alamance County had 130,800 people in 51,584 households and 35,541 families. The population density was 117 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 75.61 percent white, 18.76 percent African American, 0.35 percent Native American, 0.90 percent Asian, 0.02 percent from the Pacific island area and 3.19 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.16 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.75 percent of the population.

Of the 51,584 households, 31.1 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 52.1 percent of these were married couples living together, 12.7 percent were single mothers and 31.1 percent were non-families. 26.0 percent were single households and 10.1 percent had people 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.95 people.

23.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 9.9 percent between 18 and 24 years old, 29.9 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 22.3 percent between 45 and 64, and 14.1 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For all females there were 92.5 males. For all women aged 18 or over, there were 89.0 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 39,168, and the median income for a family is $ 46,479. Males had a median income of $ 31,906 versus $ 23,367 for females. The per capita income was $ 19,391. 11.1 percent of the population and 7.6 percent of families are below the poverty line. 13.3 percent of them are children and young people under 18 years of age and 12.9 percent are 65 years of age or older.

cities and communes

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• Alamance
• Altamahaw
• Burlington
• Elon
• Glen Raven
• Graham
• Green level
• Haw River
• Kimesville
• Mebane
• Ossipee
• Saxapahaw
• Snow Camp
• Swepsonville

See also

• List of cities in North Carolina

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 1008531. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English). 
2. ↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 384 .
3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 21, 2018.
4. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
5. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 20, 2011
6. ↑ Extract from factfinder.census.gov  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 20, 2011  
7. ↑ Alamance County, North Carolina  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Datasheet with the results of the 2000 census at factfinder.census.gov .  

Web links

Commons : Alamance County  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 36 ° 2 ′  N , 79 ° 24 ′  W