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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
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Mecklenburg County is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 30,319. Its county seat is Boydton.
History
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Mecklenburg County was organized on March 1, 1765, having split from Lunenburg County in 1764 as the result of the passage of an act by the Virginia General Assembly. Due to new settlement and population increases in the area, the legislature divided Lunenburg into three counties: Lunenburg, Charlotte County, and Mecklenburg. It was named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, a British queen of German origin.
The first county government consisted of 13 members: Robert Munford, Richard Witton, John Speed, Henry Delony, Edmund Taylor, Benjamin Baird, John Camp, Thomas Erskine, John Potter, John Cox, Thomas Anderson, John Speed, Jr., and Samuel Hopkins, with Benjamin Baird acting as the first mayor.[1]
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1764 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1764 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1764 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1765 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1765 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1790 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1790 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1853 | 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
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| 1790 | 14,733
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| 1800 | 17,008
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| 1810 | 18,453
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| 1820 | 19,786
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| 1830 | 20,477
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| 1840 | 20,724
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| 1850 | 20,630
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| 1860 | 20,096
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| 1870 | 21,318
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| 1880 | 24,610
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| 1890 | 25,359
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| 1900 | 26,551
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| 1910 | 28,956
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| 1920 | 31,208
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| 1930 | 32,622
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| 1940 | 31,933
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| 1950 | 33,497
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| 1960 | 31,428
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| 1970 | 29,426
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| 1980 | 29,444
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| 1990 | 29,241
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