#Caswell August 4

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For the month of August 2024 several of us are going to take on a 30-Day County Coach4aday Challenge. The simple concept is to share a fact about a county in the US. My focus is going to be on North Carolina, and today I am selecting CASWELL County.

There are at least 15 counties in North Carolina that share a border with the state of Virginia, and one of those is Caswell County. The border between Virginia and North Carolina stretches approximately 30 miles along Caswell County. Like many of North Carolina’s 100 counties, Caswell was carved out of an existing county; it was formed in 1777 from the northern portion of Orange County.

Here is a map of the county highlighted in red.

County 30-Day Challenge Guidelines

Like previous challenges there are no hard and fast rules to participate. There are a few suggested guidelines.

1. Each day in August learn something about a county in the United States
2. Share that fact along with where it is located with others
3. If so inclined use the hash tag #Coach4adayChallenge on social media platforms

August 4th-Caswell County

Caswell County is named after Richard Caswell, a Continental Congress member and the first governor of North Carolina after the Declaration of Independence. He was born in Maryland and died in 1789 in Fayetteville, NC. He came to North Carolina in 1745 and settled in the New Bern area. He is buried in Kinston NC.

The county seat of Caswell is Yanceyville, featuring an antebellum courthouse designed by William Percival, and 23 other buildings, most built between 1830 and the Civil War, including a history museum and Yancey House.

Here is a photo of that courthouse by Natalie Maynor from Jackson, Mississippi

Ever eager to promote himself and his profession, William Percival submitted his drawings of the Caswell County Courthouse and other buildings as the winning entry in the 1858 State Fair’s architectural drawing competition.