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| Founded | 1841 | ||||||||
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| County Seat | Lenoir | ||||||||
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United States 
North Carolina Caldwell County
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County Courthouse
History
Caldwell County was formed in 1841 from Burke and Wilkes counties. It was named in honor of Joseph Caldwell, the first president of the University of North Carolina. He strongly advocated a public school system and a railroad across the center of the State from Morehead City to Tennessee.
Caldwell County is in the west central section of the State and is bordered by Alexander, Catawba, Burke, Avery, Watauga and Wilkes counties. The present land area is 471.60 square miles and the 2000 population was 77,386.
The court was ordered to be held at the store of George Powell near the house of George Smith, Jr., until a courthouse was erected. Commissioners were named to select a site as near the center as possible, acquire land and a town, and erect a courthouse. Lenoir, named in honor of William Lenoir, is the county seat.
Parent County
1841--Caldwell County was created 11 January 1841 from Burke and Wilkes Counties. County seat: Lenoir [1]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
Places/Localities
Populated Places
Towns in Caldwell County are: Lenoir, Granite Falls, Hudson, Gamewell, Sawmills, Blowing Rock, Cajah's Mountain, Cedar Rock, Collettsville, Northlakes, Rhodhiss.
Neighboring Counties
Resources
Cemeteries
Church
Court
Land
Local Histories
Maps
Military
Newspapers
Probate
Taxation
Vital Records
Marriages
- Caldwell County marriage licenses, 1878-1882 - index available from NC State Library - Word format | PDF format
Yearbooks
- Davenport College: a few yearbooks between 1905-1932
Societies and Libraries
- Caldwell County Public Library
- Caldwell Heritage Museum
- North Carolina Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 30815, Raleigh, NC 27622-0815
Web Sites
- Caldwell County NCGenWeb - free genealogy resources; a site within the USGenWeb Project
- Family History Library Catalog
- USGenWeb Archives-Caldwell County, NC
- NCpedia
References
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
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