Gazetteer/Almanac
Headnote
GUILFORD COUNTY, situated toward the northerly of North Carolina. Area, 672 square miles. Face of the country hilly; soil productive. Seat of justice, Greensborough. Pop. in 1820, 14,511; in 1830, 18,735; in 1840, 19,175; in 1850, 19,754. (Fanning's, 1853)