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- Caswell County, named for the first governor of NC, was established in 1777 and has always been primarily agricultural. Its prosperous history is evident in the stately 18th-century homes gracing its country roads, the Milton streetscape, and the stately Courthouse on Court Square in Yanceyville.
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Caswell County, named for the first governor of NC, was established in 1777 and has always been primarily agricultural. Its prosperous history is evident in the stately 18th-century homes gracing its country roads, the Milton streetscape, and the stately Courthouse on Court Square in Yanceyville.
Caswell County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is located in the Piedmont Triad region of the state. At the 2020 census, the population was 22,736. Its county seat is Yanceyville.
Located in the Piedmont region of North Carolina next to the Virginia border, Caswell County began as the northern region of Orange County. Established during the American Revolution, Caswell County was the first new county to be ratified by the North Carolina state General Assembly in 1777.
Yanceyville is the County seat of Caswell and is located right in the center of the County. With a population of just over 2,000, many of the County’s essential services are located here. Milton is nestled along the Dan RIver in the northern part of the county.
by Powell, William S. John Blackwell Cobb, tobacconist and capitalist, was born in Caswell County, the son of Henry Wellington and Mary Howard Cobb. He was educated in private schools in his native county, and at the age [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)
Caswell County lies in the Piedmont section slightly west of the mid-point of the state. It is in the northern half of the state, the county's northern boundary being a part of the North Carolina-Virginia state line. There are nine counties along this boundary that are east of Caswell and five that are west.
