Place:Transylvania, North Carolina, United States

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NameTransylvania
Alt namesTransylvaniasource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates35.217°N 82.783°W
Located inNorth Carolina, United States     (1861 - )
See alsoHenderson, North Carolina, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Jackson, North Carolina, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Balsam Grove
Barberry Heights
Bass Lake
Bear Wallow Hollow
Bear Wallow Springs
Benton Hills
Blantyre
Blue Ridge Overlook
Bohaynee
Boylston Creek
Brevard
Calvert
Canaan
Cane Brake
Cedar Mountain
Cherryfield
Davidson River
Ducktown
Dunns Rock
East Fork
Ecusta
Falls Creek
Fernwood
Forest Hills
Fox Ridge
Franklin Park
Glen Cannon
Happy Acres
Hidden Valley
Illahee Hills
Knob Creek
Knob Hill
Knob Ridge
Lake Sega
Lake Toxaway
Laurel Falls
Line Runner Ridge
Little River
Loehencove Ridge
McCrary Acres
Middle Fork
Morgan Heights
Mountain View
North Brevard
Oak Woods
Oakland
Penrose
Pine Shore Lakes
Piney Woods
Pisgah Forest Farms
Pisgah Forest
Pisgah Shadows
Powelltown
Quebec
Reid
Ridge Haven
Rocky Hill
Rosman
Round Mountain
Sapphire
Seeshore
Sega Lake
Selica
Sequoyah Woods
Seven Springs
Sherwood Forest
Sherwood Ridge
Sherwood Terrace
Slick Rock
Still Meadows
Stoney Brook
Sweetwater Farms
Thomas Woods
Toxaway Falls
Turkey Pen Gap
Union
Valley View Vistas
White Oaks
Whitewater Pines
Wolf Ford
Wolf Ridge
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Transylvania County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of 2010, the population was 33,090. Its county seat is Brevard.

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History

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The county was formed in 1861 from parts of Henderson County and Jackson County. Its name is derived from the colonial Transylvania Company and has Latin origins: trans ("across") and silva ("woods").

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1861 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1861 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1861 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1861 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1861 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1870 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1870 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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
1870 3,536
1880 5,340
1890 5,881
1900 6,620
1910 7,191
1920 9,303
1930 9,589
1940 12,241
1950 15,194
1960 16,372
1970 19,713
1980 23,417
1990 25,520
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External links

www.transylvaniacounty.org

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