Donnaha (sometimes called Donnaha Station) is a small unincorporated community along the Yadkin River in the Old Richmond Township of northwest Forsyth County, North Carolina. The Yadkin River is one of the longest rivers in North Carolina. Old Richmond Township is one of fourteen Townships in Forsyth County North Carolina, USA. Forsyth County is a County located in the US state of North Carolina.
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Donnaha (sometimes spelled Donnoha) is a Native American village. Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States The name Donnaha was first used in 1889 or 1890 by Dr. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Samuel Martin, a descendent of a supposed Cherokee chief, who lived in nearby Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Powell 1968, p. Winston-Salem is a city in the US state of North Carolina. As of the 2000 census the city population was 185776 in 2004 the city annexed an additional 17483 146). Near Donnaha was the site of the first county seat of Surry County, North Carolina, established at Richmond (now Old Richmond), in 1774 and a courthouse was erected by 1779 (Corbitt 1968, p. Surry County is a County located in the US state of North Carolina. Year 1774 ( MDCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1779 ( MDCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 199). However, Stokes County (including modern Forsyth County), was split from Surry County in 1789 and the site was unusable for either county. Stokes County is a County located in the US state of North Carolina. Year 1789 ( MDCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The respective courts were moved to Rockford for Surry and to Germanton for Stokes. Rockford is a former town in southern Surry County North Carolina. Germanton is an unincorporated community in Forsyth and Stokes counties in the U Much later, the courthouse site was destroyed by a cyclone in 1830 (Powell 1968, p. For the game see 1830 (board game. Year 1830 ( MDCCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display 146). Donnaha was a stop on the former Southern Railway, now used by the Yadkin Valley Railroad. The Southern Railway is a former United States Railroad. It was the product of nearly 150 predecessor lines that were combined reorganized and recombined beginning
Maps of Donnaha and surrounding areas
- Donnaha, North Carolina is at coordinates Coordinates:
References
- Corbitt, David Leroy, The Formation of the North Carolina Counties 1663-1943 (6th (2000) ed. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. ), Raleigh: North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, Division of Archives and History, ISBN 0-86526-032-X
- Powell, William S., The North Carolina Gazetteer: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, ISBN 0-8078-1247-1
External links
- N.C. Office of State Archaeology, Donnaha Site
- National Register of Historic Places in Forsyth County, N.C. "Richmond Courthouse Site"
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