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Alexander County, North Carolina : ウィキペディア英語版 | Alexander County, North Carolina
Alexander County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 37,198.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/37/37003.html )〕 Its county seat is Taylorsville.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 Alexander County is part of the Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area. ==History== Alexander County was chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1847. It was formed from portions of what was then Iredell, Caldwell, Wilkes counties. The county was named for William Julius Alexander who was a Speaker of the North Carolina House of Commons. Alexander County was established in 1847, the year of the first sale of land in the county seat (Taylorsville). With the proceeds from the sale, the first courthouse was built on the present site. When the Civil War began, Alexander County was 14 years old. The 1860 population was 5,837; yet Alexander County ranked high per capita in the number of Confederate soldiers serving in the war.The county is named in honor of the Alexander family who were leaders in Colonial North Carolina. Taylorsville is the namesake of either John Louis Taylor, Carolina agriculturist and political philosopher, or General Zachary Taylor, the 12th president of the United States.
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