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extends NE from N Beaufort County into SW Washington County. Area. approx. 12,000 acres.

was formed in 1881 from Granville, Warren, and Franklin Counties. Located in the NE section of the state, it is bounded by the state of Virginia and by Warren, Franklin, and Granville Counties. It was named for Zebulon Baird Vance (1830-94), governor of North Carolina, congressman, and senator. Area. 268 sq. mi. County seat: Henderson, with an elevation of 513 ft. Townships are Dabney, Henderson, Kittrell, Middleburg, Nutbush, Sandy Creek, Townsville, Watkins, and Williamsboro. Produces tobacco, corn, wheat, oats, cotton, poultry, hogs, dairy products, livestock, cantaloupes, peanuts, soybeans, mobile homes, textiles, hosiery, glass products, pickles, tungsten, crushed stone, and sand.

N Buncombe County between Ray Knob and the junction of Ox and Reems Creeks.

SW Cherokee County between Hot House and Rapier Mill Creeks. Probably named for Governor Zebulon B. Vance (1830-94).

W Union County.

town in N Craven County on Swift Creek. Settled about 1750 and known as Durgantown. Name changed by 1850 to Swift Creek. Inc. 1877 as Vanceboro in honor of Governor Zebulon B. Vance (1830-94) after he made a campaign speech there in 1876 while running for second term as governor. Alt. 24.

former community in S Guilford County; now within the Greensboro city limits.

town in N Pamlico County on Bay River. A Dr. Abbott, former Union army surgeon, settled there in the 1870s, and his wife gave the community its name—a Dutch word meaning "from the sea." Inc. 1874; charter repealed 1893 but renewed two years later. From the formation of Pamlico County in 1872 until 1876, Vandemere served as the county seat. Alt. 4.

rises in N Pamlico County and flows SE into Bay River.

community in central Cumberland County. Alt. 151.