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Williamsborough Township in Vance County, North Carolina. This township is a rural, non-functioning county subdivision of Vance County that was created to conform to the North Carolina Constitution of 1868.
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Williamsboro
Township is bounded by Townsville Township to the north; Dabney and Henderson Township to the south; John Kerr Reservoir, Middleburg Township, and Warren Township to the east, and Granville County to the west.
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Williamsborough was originally called "Lick" because it was a watering hole for cattle and then "Nutbush" because of the nearby creek with that name. The town grew up along the east-west and north-south stagecoach lines.
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Bingham School, the first armed forces academy, was built in 1826 by
Captain D. H. Bingham in Williamsborough. It served for a short time as a training school for military officers.
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Williamsboro since 1893. There was a post office from May 14, 1879 to February 15, 1909. The first postmaster was John E. Haithcock.
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was built in 1840, it bypassed
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and the demise of plantation life, led to the decline of the town of
Williamsborough.
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304:Belvidere
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254:History
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