Alexander County

Alexander County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 36,444. Its county seat is Taylorsville.
Alexander County was created in 1847 from parts of Iredell County, which was created in 1788 from Rowan County, Caldwell County, which was created in 1841 from Burke County, and Wilkes County, which was created in 1771 from Surry County and the Washington District.
The region was laid out by two demonstrations of the North Carolina General Assembly, one approved around about  January 15 and one sanctioned on January 18, 1847. Until it was determined that Caldwell County would contain 5,000 people, these acts would not take effect. The first land sale in Taylorsville, the county seat, took place on August 10–11, 1847. Taylorsville is the namesake of either John Louis Taylor, Carolina agriculturist and political savant, or General Zachary Taylor, the twelfth leader of the US. The county constructed the first courthouse on the present site using the sale proceeds.