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Vance County, North Carolina

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
23historic places
—earliest paper
1881formed
42,578pop. 2020
7cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 23 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1971. Most listings are in or near Henderson, Kittrell, Williamsboro.

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 Vance titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

14 of 23 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

23 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Ashburn HallKittrellBuilding1977
AshlandHendersonBuilding1973
Barker HouseHendersonBuilding2014
BelvidereWilliamsboroBuilding1992
Burnside Plantation HouseWilliamsboroBuilding1971
Capehart, Thomas, HouseKittrellBuilding1977
Crudup, Josiah, HouseKittrellBuilding1979
Henderson Central Business Historic DistrictHendersonDistrict1987
Henderson Fire Station and Municipal BuildingHendersonBuilding1978
LaGrangeHarris CrossroadsBuilding1982
Library and Laboratory Building-Henderson InstituteHendersonBuilding1995
MachpelahTownsvilleBuilding2007
Mistletoe VillaHendersonBuilding1978
Morgan, Thomas A., FarmTownsvilleDistrict2019
Parham, Maria, HospitalHendersonBuilding1994
Pleasant Hill/Hawkins HouseMiddleburgBuilding1979
Pool Rock PlantationWilliamsboroBuilding1978
St. James Episcopal Church and RectoryKittrellBuilding1978
St. John's Episcopal ChurchWilliamsboroBuilding1971
Stone, Daniel, Plank HouseHendersonBuilding1984
Vance County CourthouseHendersonBuilding1979
West End SchoolHendersonBuilding2005
Zollicoffer's Law OfficeHendersonBuilding1978

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Vance was formed in 1881 (1881-05-05) from Franklin, Granville, Warren.

VANCE created from FRANKLIN, GRANVILLE, and WARREN.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Vance County population from 1890 to 2020 (Census historical series).

45k31k17k18901920196020002020
189019001920194019501960198020002020
17,58116,68422,79929,96132,10132,00236,74842,95442,578

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

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

Cemeteries — 7 of 7 listed
NameLatLon
Alpha Omega Cemetery36.34209-78.41333
Blacknall Cemetery36.3382-78.40722
Confederate Cemetery36.2257-78.44027
Elmwood Cemetery36.33376-78.41055
Mount Pleasant Cemetery36.45819-78.33805
Oak Level Cemetery36.47208-78.32166
Sunset Garden Memorial Cemetery36.31024-78.44024

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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