User:Leakeyroof/NC County Descriptions

Alamance Description
Alamance County is located in the North-Central portion of North Carolina and is called after the creek by the same name - Alamance - a Native American word describing the blue-colored mud found in the creekbed.

Alexander Description
Alexander County is located in the Western portion of North Carolina and was named in honor of the Alexander family who were leaders in Colonial North Carolina.

Alleghany Description
Alleghany County is located in the North-West portion of North Carolina and shares a border with Virginia. It was named for an Indian tribe, and the name is derived from "a corruption of the Delaware Indian name for the Allegheny River and is said to have meant "a fine stream".

Anson Description
Anson County is located in the Southern portion of North Carolina and shares a border with South Carolina. It was named for George Anson, 1st Baron Anson, a British Admiral, who circumnavigated the globe from 1740 to 1744, and later became First Lord of the Admiralty.