Hello and welcome to the Genealogy Trails website for Vance County, North Carolina.

This County is Available for adoption.

This website is a part of the Genealogy Trails History Group.  Contributors submit information to the Trails family for the public to research their ancestral heritage, free of charge.  If you have a contribution for Vance County genealogy, please contact Linda Rodriguezfor submission.  All contributors will receive credit for their submissions.

Our goal at Genealogy Trails is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the FREE use of all researchers.

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A Piece Of Vance County History

Vance County was formed out of three other counties of northern North Carolina because of political reasons.  Warren County was mainly Republican and predominately African-American. Granville and Franklin Counties were split votes for Republicans and Democrats.  The state legislature formed Vance County after Zebulon Vance, former favorite governor, in 1881, to help with the Democratic votes.  

Vance County owns about one third of the man-made Kerr Lake.  The lake is a big revenue for the County as in tourism and fishing tournaments.  Kerr Lake, pronounced 'car', was formed out of  farm and plantation lands from 1946 thru 1953.

Populated Places of Vance County:
Adcock Crossroads, Bear Pond, Bobbitt, Brookston, Bullocksville, Cokesbury, Dabney, Drewry, Epsom, Faulkner Crossroads, Flat Rock, Floytan Crossroads, Gill, Gillburg, Greystone, Hargrove Estates, Harris Crossroads, 
Henderson - County Seat
Hicks Crossroads, Island Creek Estates, Jacksontown, Kelly's Crossroads, Kittrell, Knotts Crossroads, Middleburg, Townsville, Tungsten, Watkins, Weldons Mill, Williamsboro, Woodworth

Townships of Census
Dabney, Henderson, Kittrell, Middleburg, Sandy Creek, Townsville, Watkins, Williamsboro

H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library
205 Breckenridge St.
Henderson, NC  27537
252-438-3316
http://www.perrylibrary.org

 Vance County of Courts
156 Church St
Henderson, NC 27536

Vance County Historical Society
P.O. Box 1533
Henderson, NC 27536

North Carolina Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 1492
Raleigh, NC 27602-1492
http://www.ncgenealogy.org/

Surrounding Counties:

Granville - west
Warren - east
Franklin - south
State of Virginia - north

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