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The U.S. State of North Carolina currently has 48 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated nine combined statistical areas, 15 metropolitan statistical areas, and 24 micropolitan statistical areas in North Carolina. [1]
The North Carolina General Assembly created Rockingham County from a northern portion of Guilford County on December 29, 1785. [10] It was named for Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham , [ 3 ] British Prime Minister from 1765 to 1766 and again in 1782.
Troublesome Creek rises in the City of Stokesdale in Guilford County on the divide between Troublesome Creek and Belews Creek . Troublesome Creek then flows northeast into Rockingham County and then southeast to meet the Haw River about 5 miles south of Reidsville, North Carolina. [2] Lake Reidsville is an impoundment of this stream.
Guilford County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 541,299, [1] making it the third-most populous county in North Carolina. The county seat and largest community is Greensboro. [2] Since 1938, an additional county court has been located in High Point. The county was formed in 1771.
Stokesdale is a town in Guilford County, North Carolina, United States with small parts in the counties of Rockingham, Forsyth, and Stokes. The population was 5,924 at the 2020 census. Belews Lake is located nearby, and North Carolina Highway 68 and North Carolina Highway 65 both intersect U.S. Route 158 near the town's center.
English: This is a locator map showing Guilford County in North Carolina. For more information, ... The maps also use state outline data from statesp020.tar.gz.
He later became a State Senator (1835–42), a U.S. Congressman (1843–47), Governor of North Carolina (1850) and a U.S. Senator (1854). On November 26, 1858, William Lindsey of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, was high bidder for a 384-acre (1.55 km 2) tract of land known as Reidsville. He and his bride, Sarah Holderby, a daughter of Joseph ...
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