STANLY COUNTY GOVERNMENT:
www.stanlycountync.gov
COUNTY SEAT: Albemarle
FORMED: 1841
FORMED FROM: Montgomery
LAND AREA: 395.09 square miles
2018 POPULATION ESTIMATE: 62,075
White: 84.1%
Black/African American: 11.5%
American Indian: 0.5%
Asian: 2.2%
Pacific Islander: 0.3%
Two or more races: 1.5%
Hispanic/Latino: 4.4% (of any race)
From State & County QuickFacts, US Census Bureau, 2018.
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: 8TH
BIOGRAPHIES FOR
Stanly County
WILDLIFE PROFILES FOR
Piedmont region
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
REGION: Piedmont
RIVER BASIN: Yadkin-Pee Dee, Map
NEIGHBORING COUNTIES: Anson, Cabarrus, Montgomery, Rowan, Union
Stanly County, located in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, was formed in 1841 from Montgomery County and named for John Stanly, a Speaker of the North Carolina House of Commons and, later, a U.S. congressman. Early inhabitants of the area included the Saura (Cheraw), Keyauwee, and Tuscarora Indians, followed by German, Dutch, Scotch-Irish and English settlers. Albemarle, the county seat, was incorporated in 1857 and named for George Monck, the duke of Albemarle and one of the Lords Proprietors. Other communities in the county include Badin, Misenheimer, Richfield, New London, Locust, Stanfield, and Lambert. The Yadkin-Pee Dee River, Badin Lake, the Uwharrie Mountains, Morrow Mountain, and Little and Cucumber Creeks are a few of Stanly County's significant physical features.
Pfeiffer University, which was founded in 1885, is located in Stanly County. The county also has a variety of historic landmarks, such as the "City of Albemarle" Antique Fire Engine (1922), the Hall House (1912), and the Albemarle Town Cemetery (1844). Cultural attractions include the Stanly County Museum, the Morrow Mountain State Park and Museum, and the Uwharrie Players theater company. The county hosts annual events and festivals such as the Best of Badin Festival, Oktoberfest, the Norwood Arbor Day Festival, Beach Blast, Festival of Trees, and Downtown Albemarle Christmas.
Stanly County produces agricultural goods such as corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, forage, and cattle and other livestock. Manufactured products include yarn, aircraft tires, ladies knitwear, manufactured homes, draperies, popcorn, and circuit breakers. Gold has also historically been mined in Stanly County. The Barringer Mine (1829) introduced subsurface gold mining to North Carolina. In 2004 the county's population was an estimated 59,000.
Annotated history of Stanly County's formation:
For an annotated history of the county's formation, with the laws affecting the county, boundary lines and changes, and other origin information, visit these references in The Formation of the North Carolina Counties (Corbitt, 2000), available online at North Carolina Digital Collections (note, there may be additional items of interest for the county not listed here):
County formation history: http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/ref/collection/p16062coll9/id/289969
Index entry for the county: http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/ref/collection/p16062coll9/id/290095
References:
Ivey Lawrence Sharpe and Edgar Pepper Fletcher III, Stanly County, USA: The Story of an Area and an Era, 1841-1991 (1990)
Additional resources:
Corbitt, David Leroy. 2000. The formation of the North Carolina counties, 1663-1943. https://digital.ncdcr.gov/digital/collection/p16062coll9/id/290103 (accessed June 20, 2017).
Stanly County Government: http://www.co.stanly.nc.us/
Stanly County Chamber of Commerce: https://stanlychamber.org/
DigitalNC, Stanly County: https://www.digitalnc.org/counties/stanly-county/
North Carolina Digital Collections (explore by place, time period, format): https://digital.ncdcr.gov/
Image credits:
Rudersdorf, Amy. 2010. "NC County Maps." Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.
1 January 2006 | Mazzocchi, Jay
Comments
I'm trying to find out what
I'm trying to find out what year the first public school was opened was opened in the Aquadale, Cottonville area of Stanly County. Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you for your question!
Thank you for your question! Very interesting. We have many of our state documents digitized in our Digital Collections. Here is my search results for Stanly and public education in our State publications collections http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/singleitem/collection/p249901coll22/id/2592.... There are a number of publications over the early years so you should be able to find it in one of these documents.
If you need more help, please send your question to our reference email at slnc.reference@ncdcr.gov.
Best,
Kelly, Government and Heritage Library
stanly county has more
stanly county has more females then men
I was on ancestry.com and I
I was on ancestry.com and I was told that my family the now spelled Stanley was given land in south Carolina by the king is this any ties to my name.
I'm not sure but if you need
I'm not sure but if you need some tips on getting started in your genealogy research, there is some information available on the State Library of North Carolina's Government & Heritage Library's website at http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ghl/resources/genealogy.html.
Good luck in your family history research!
Michelle Underhill
Iam looking for family tree
Iam looking for family tree information on the Wright families that lived in Stanley county North Carolina not referring to the Wright brothers, Aaron Wright, Zachary Taylor Wright, and others
how do i find the infomation
how do i find the infomation of stanly county
Hi G'nichelle,
Hi G'nichelle,
Thanks for visiting NCpedia and taking the time to leave your question.
Here are a couple of places to start: you can click on the link above these comments for the blue text that says "Stanly County" under Origin-Location. This will take you to a list of all entries involving Stanly County that we have in NCpedia.
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Kelly Agan, NCpedia Staff
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