Yancey County, NC

Headnote
YANCEY COUNTY, situated on the northwest boundary of North Carolina. Area, 1,760 square miles. Face of the country mountainous. Seat of justice, Burnsville. Pop. in 1840, 5,962; in 1850, 8,205. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
North Carolina

Yancey County, North Carolina (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
YANCEY COUNTY, situated on the northwest boundary of North Carolina. Area, 1,760 square miles. Face of the country mountainous. Seat of justice, Burnsville. Pop. in 1840, 5,962; in 1850, 8,205.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 399.
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