Place:Alexander, North Carolina, United States

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NameAlexander
Alt namesAlexandersource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates35.933°N 81.183°W
Located inNorth Carolina, United States     (1847 - )
See alsoBurke, North Carolina, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Iredell, North Carolina, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Wilkes, North Carolina, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Census-designated place
Bethlehem
Stony Point
Inhabited place
Ellendale
Fairview Park
Hiddenite
Isenhour Park
Liledoun
Little River
Midway
Millersville
Paynes Store
Rocky Springs
Taylorsville Beach
Taylorsville
Vashti
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Alexander County is a county established in the U.S. state of North Carolina in 1847. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 36,444. Its county seat is Taylorsville. Alexander County is part of the Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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History

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Alexander County was formed in 1847 from portions of what were then Iredell (formed in 1788 from Rowan County), Caldwell (formed from Burke County in 1841), and Wilkes (formed from Surry County and Washington District in 1771) counties.

Alexander County was named for William Julius Alexander who was a Speaker of the North Carolina House of Commons. This Piedmont area was settled primarily by farmers, many of Scots-Irish descent, as well as German descent in the southern section of Alexander County.


The county was established by two acts of the North Carolina General Assembly, one ratified on January 15 and one ratified on January 18, 1847. These acts were not to take effect until it was determined that Caldwell County would have 5,000 people in it. On August 10–11, 1847, the first sale of land in the county seat (Taylorsville) took place. Taylorsville is the namesake of either John Louis Taylor, Carolina agriculturist and political philosopher, or General Zachary Taylor, the twelfth president of the United States. With the proceeds from the sale, the county built the first courthouse on the present site.

When the American Civil War began in 1861, Alexander County was fourteen years old. The court house records in Taylorsville were destroyed by troops under Major General George Stoneman in a raid on Easter Sunday in 1865.[1]

The Alexander Railroad based in Taylorsville began in 1946, with one connection to Norfolk Southern in Statesville, North Carolina. The short line rail system operates between Taylorsville and Statesville.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1833 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1847 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1847 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1850 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1850 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1853 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1867 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1913 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1850 5,220
1860 6,022
1870 6,868
1880 8,355
1890 9,430
1900 10,960
1910 11,592
1920 12,212
1930 12,922
1940 13,454
1950 14,554
1960 15,625
1970 19,466
1980 24,999
1990 27,544
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External links

www.co.alexander.nc.us

Alexander County, NC Genweb

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