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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).
First form; replaced by NC 311, NC 31, and an extended NC 69; after 1934, this became NC 36 (now US 23 Alternate), US 19, and US 25: NC 29: 12.1 [13] 19.5 NC 16 in Gastonia: US 74/NC 20 in Belmont: 1930: 1932 Second form; replaced by NC 7 because of US 29. NC 30 — — US 158 (now US 258) in Murfreesboro: NC 170 in Barco
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 ...
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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.
This list includes properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Graham County, North Carolina. Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view an online map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below. [1]
The 18 miles of new highway is the first of a two-phase effort to complete the 540 Outer Loop around Raleigh. Construction has just begun on the final phase , which will extend the toll road 10 ...
The former Alamance County high schools of Alexander Wilson, Sylvan, E. M. Holt, and Eli Whitney, were consolidated into a new high school; Southern Alamance High School. A school bond passed in 1958 to finance the consolidation. Opening day of Southern Alamance High was December 12, 1960. [4]