Alamance County
… was formed in 1849 from Orange County. Located in the central part of the state, it is bounded by Orange, Chatham, Randolph, Guilford, and Caswell Counties. Named for Great Alamance Creek, which see, or the Battle of Alamance, May 16, 1771. The name appears as Aramancy River in the writings of William Byrd, 1728. Area: 434 sq. mi. County seat: Graham, with an elevation of 656 ft. Townships, now numbered 1 to 13, were formerly Patterson, Coble, Boon Station, Morton, Faucette, Graham, Albright, Newlin, Thompson, Melville, Pleasant Grove, Burlington, and Haw River. Produces auto parts, tobacco, poultry, dairy and beef cattle, pecans, textiles, electronics, paper boxes, apparel, crushed stone, pyrophyllite, and bricks.
