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Caswell County, North Carolina

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
26historic places
—earliest paper
1777formed
22,736pop. 2020
4cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 26 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1973; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Yanceyville, Milton, Locust Hill.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for North Carolina is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Caswell titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

17 of 26 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

26 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Brown-Graves House and Brown's StoreLocust HillBuilding1974
Caswell County CourthouseYanceyvilleBuilding1973
Caswell County Training SchoolYanceyvilleBuilding2018
Garland-Buford HouseLeasburgBuilding1974
Graves HouseYanceyvilleBuilding1974
Griers Presbyterian Church and CemeteryFrogsboroBuilding1985
Holderness, William Henry and Sarah, HouseYanceyvilleBuilding2014
Johnston, John, HouseYanceyvilleBuilding1997
LongwoodMiltonBuilding1976
Malone, James, HouseLeasburgBuilding2008
Melrose/Williamson HouseYanceyville TownshipBuilding1985
Milton Historic DistrictMiltonDistrict1973
Milton State BankMiltonBuilding1973
Moore HouseLocust HillBuilding1973
Poteat HouseYanceyvilleBuilding1979
Red House Presbyterian ChurchSemoraBuilding2007
Rose HillLocust HillBuilding1973
Saint Agnes ChurchFranklinBuilding1987
Thompson, Nicholas and Lucretia, HouseLeasburgBuilding2022
Union Tavern NHLMiltonBuilding1975
Warren House and Warren's StoreProspect HillDistrict1973
Wemple-Shelton HouseYanceyvilleBuilding2023
WildwoodSemoraBuilding2001
WoodsideMiltonBuilding1986
Yancey, Bartlett, HouseYanceyvilleBuilding1973
Yanceyville Historic DistrictYanceyvilleDistrict1973

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Caswell was formed in 1777 (1777-06-01) from Orange.

CASWELL created from ORANGE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Caswell County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

24k16k8,701179018001840188019101920196020002020
17901800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
10,0968,70113,25314,69316,21517,82515,02815,75920,03220,87019,91220,70523,50122,736

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

4 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 4 of 4 listed
NameLatLon
Apple Cemetery36.34416-79.51426
Cedars Cemetery36.53902-79.21085
Cooper Cemetery36.28763-79.20029
Gilead Cemetery36.4968-79.24251

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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