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Graham was laid out in 1849 as the county seat of the newly formed Alamance County, and was incorporated as a town in 1851; it became a city in 1961. It was named for William Alexander Graham , U.S. senator from North Carolina (1840–1843) and governor of North Carolina (1845–1849).
Graham County (locally / ˈ ɡ r eɪ ˌ h æ m /) [1] is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census , the population was 8,030, [ 2 ] making it the third-least populous county in North Carolina.
On July 17, 1849, the Alamance County Commissioners voted to spend $8,000 to construct a courthouse in a 75-acre (300,000 m 2) area located approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the Providence Church. The County Commissioners expected to pay for the courthouse through the sale of land in the new county seat of Graham.
North Carolina Highway 6 (NC 6) was an 8-mile-long (13 km) North Carolina state highway. It ran entirely in Guilford County and served primarily to connect Interstate 40 (I-40) and Business I-85 (I-85 Bus.) commuters in Greensboro. It was decommissioned in 2005.
North Main Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Graham, Alamance County, North Carolina. It encompasses 101 contributing buildings date from the 1850s to 1949 in a predominantly residential section of Graham. The district contains single and multi-family dwellings, two schools, one commercial building and three ...
NC 137: 8.6: 13.8 US 13/US 158 near Winton: NC 37 in Gatesville: 1973: current NC 138: 13.6: 21.9 NC 742 in Gatesville: US 52 near Albemarle: 1937: current NC 140: 6.5: 10.5 US 17 near Winnabow: US 74/US 76 in Leland: 2014: current Designated as Future I-140: NC 141 — — NC 53 near Atkinson: US 74/US 76 near Freeman: 1954
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Graham High School is a comprehensive, four-year high school serving the city of Graham. It is one of six traditional high schools in the Alamance-Burlington School System. Graham High School is accredited by The Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and the North Carolina State Department of Public Instruction.