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Dan Rivercommunity in W Rockingham County served by post office, 1853-66.
Dan Riverrises in S Patrick County, Va., and flows SE into Stokes County. It flows SE and NE into Rockingham County and back into Virginia. It dips back into North Carolina on the Caswell-Rockingham county line and into N Caswell County, then flows NE in Virginia into Kerr Lake, which see, on Roanoke River. Mentioned by William Byrd in 1728. Probably an Indian name.
Dan River TownshipN central Caswell County.
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