NC Gazetteer

Dan River

A river in Stokes County, Caswell County and Rockingham County
… rises in S Patrick County, Va., and flows SE into Stokes County. It flows SE and NE into Rockingham County and back into Virginia. It dips back into North Carolina on the Caswell-Rockingham county line and into N Caswell County, then flows NE in Virginia into Kerr Lake, which see, on Roanoke River. Mentioned by William Byrd in 1728. Probably an Indian name.