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SWAIN COUNTY

County History: Formed in 1871 from Jackson and Macon Counties.  Named for David L. Swain, governor of North Carolina from 1832-1835 and president of the University of North Carolina.


Population:
(U.S. Census)
1900 8,401
1920 13,224
1940 12,177
1960 8,387
1980 10,283
2000 12,968
Description:

SWAIN COUNTY

Books about Swain County

North Carolina. School Planning.  
Swain County : a special report, 1990
/ conducted by: School Planning, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.  [Raleigh, N.C.] : School Planning, [1990]  "August 1, 1990." Cover title: Swain County schools, a special report.

Carpenter, Robert H. and Jeffrey C. Reid.  
Listing of concentrations of variables of stream sediment, stream water, and groundwater for the Knoxville 30 x 60-minute quadrangle-NURE database [microform]   [Raleigh, N.C.] : N.C. Geological Survey, [1993]
             
County development information for Swain County.   
Cullowhee, N.C. : Center for Improving Mountain Living, Western Carolina University, [1982-  Cover title. Funded through a grant from the Economic Development  Administration. Includes bibliographies.

Report of proceedings for the proposed reclassification of Deep Creek in the Little Tennessee River basin & Savannah River drainage area (Swain County)  Raleigh, N.C. : Environmental Management Commission, [1994]     S-6, 52 p. : maps, ; 28 cm.  Cover title.           At head of title: State of North Carolina, Department of  Environment, Health and Natural Resources.  "Public notice, February 1, 1994, North Carolina Register."  Amendment sheet inserted.

County development information for Swain County.     
Cullowhee, N.C. : Center for Improving Mountain Living, Western  Carolina University, [1982-     v. ; 28 cm.   Cover title.          Funded through a grant from the Economic Development  Administration.  Includes bibliographies.

Report of proceedings for the proposed reclassification of Deep Creek in the Little Tennessee River basin & Savannah River drainage area (Swain County)    Raleigh, N.C. : Environmental Management Commission, [1994]   S-6, 52 p. : maps, ; 28 cm.

Connor, R. D. W (Robert Digges Wimberly), 1878-1950.   
Ante-bellum builders of North Carolina.   Spartanburg, S.C., Reprint Co. [1971] 123 p. facsim. 23 cm.   Studies in North Carolina history, no. 3.NOTE         Reprint of the 1930 ed.  "First published in 1914 as the North Carolina State Normal and  Industrial College Historical publication [no. 3]"  Includes bibliographical references.

Camp, Cordelia, 1884-1973. 
David Lowry Swain, Governor and university president.
     Asheville, N.C., Stephens Press, 1963.