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    Great Alamance Creek, also called Big Alamance Creek, is a 37-mile long creek that is a tributary of the Haw River. The creek's headwaters are in Guilford...
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    government. Named for nearby Great Alamance Creek, the battle took place in what was then Orange County and has since become Alamance County in the central Piedmont...
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    railroad and interstate highway routes. Alamance County was named after Great Alamance Creek, site of the Battle of Alamance (May 16, 1771), a pre-Revolutionary...
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    derived from the local Indian word meaning "blue clay" found in the Great Alamance Creek 179,165 434 sq mi (1,124 km2) Alexander County 003 Taylorsville 1847...
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  • Thumbnail for Alamance Mill Village Historic District
    Alamance Mill Village Historic District is a national historic district located at Alamance, Alamance County, North Carolina. It encompasses 18 contributing...
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    the CDP drains to Beaver Creek, a northeastward-flowing tributary of Little Alamance Creek and part of the Great Alamance Creek–Haw River–Cape Fear River...
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    Haw River (category Rivers of Alamance County, North Carolina)
    and is joined by Great Alamance Creek at Swepsonville and continues on to Saxapahaw. The river forms the southeast border of Alamance County, a border...
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    Cane Creek Mountains is a small mountain range that lies south of Burlington, North Carolina. The range covers an area including Alamance County, Guilford...
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  • Hillsborough to Salisbury, North Carolina, just after the ford over Great Alamance Creek) or he was unceremoniously buried at the campsite in an unmarked...
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    properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Alamance County, North Carolina. Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the...
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  • that are named for rivers and streams. Alamance County, North Carolina: Alamance is named for Great Alamance Creek. Allegany County, New York: Allegany...
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    Burlington, North Carolina (category Cities in Alamance County, North Carolina)
    and Great Alamance Creek. In 1908, Edwin M. Holt built the first cotton mill in the South. From the establishment of this single factory, Alamance County...
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    Cedarock Park (category Protected areas of Alamance County, North Carolina)
    beautiful property Alamance County has to offer. Cedarock Park sits on the banks of Rock Creek, a tributary of Great Alamance Creek on the northwestern...
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     TN-35-H, "Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Big Creek Road", 5 photos, 8 data pages, 1 photo caption page HAER No. TN-35-I, "Great Smoky...
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  • at the Battle of Alamance and later carried by Husband when he fled to Somerset County, Pennsylvania, was donated to the Alamance Battlefield North Carolina...
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    with forces under Regulator leader Herman Husband encamped at the Great Alamance Creek, and he was forced to turn to the east and deal with the new threat...
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    North Carolina around Haw River, Reedy Fork, Eno River, Alamance Creek, Travis Creek, Beaver Creek, and Deep River. Friedens Church built a log structure...
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  • Creek Contentnea Creek Little Contentnea Creek Cullasaja River Donoho Creek Eno River Great Coharie Creek Little Coharie Creek Hyco River Hyco Creek South...
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  • Creek Haw Creek Big Alamance Creek Little Alamance Creek Back Creek Boyds Creek Service Creek Stony Creek Travis Creek Reedy Fork Buffalo Creek Katie Branch...
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  • Thumbnail for Moores Creek National Battlefield
    Moores Creek National Battlefield is a battlefield managed by the U.S. National Park Service. The park commemorates the 1776 victory of a thousand patriots...
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  • Bellemont Mill Village Historic District (category Historic districts in Alamance County, North Carolina)
    Historic District is a national historic district located at Bellemont, Alamance County, North Carolina. It encompasses 24 contributing buildings built...
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  • of a white Alamance County slave-owner Chesley F. Faucett. One source suggests he lived on the tobacco farm of Nancy Outlaw on Jordan Creek, northeast...
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    Clemmons Holmes Jordan Lake Mountain Island Turnbull Creek Tuttle State Historic Sites Alamance Battleground Charles B. Aycock Birthplace Historic Bath...
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    Hope Creek North Fork Little River University Lake West Fork Eno River Person County – northeast Durham County – east Chatham County – south Alamance County...
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    farmers made futile attempts to grow cotton in worn-out soil around Crabtree Creek. In 1934, under the Resettlement Administration, federal and state agencies...
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  • Thumbnail for Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
    The Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge was created in 1974 to help protect and preserve a portion of the Great Dismal Swamp, a marshy region...
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    Battle of Lindley's Mill (category Alamance County, North Carolina)
    Lindley's Mill (also known as the Battle of Cane Creek) took place in Orange County, North Carolina (now in Alamance County), on September 13, 1781, during the...
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    when marching to join Governor William Tryon's army at the Battle of Alamance, a colonial force was intercepted along the Yadkin in Rowan County by a...
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  • Thumbnail for Goose Creek State Park
    Goose Creek State Park is a North Carolina state park near Washington, Beaufort County, North Carolina in the United States. It covers 1,672 acres (6...
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    Lumber River (redirect from Drowning Creek)
    the flat Coastal Plain. European settlers first called the river Drowning Creek, which is still used as the name of its headwater. The waterway known as...
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