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| Population in 1880 | White, 4967 | Colored 519 | Total 5,486 |
| Value of real estate, 1882 | $336,039.00 |
| Value of personal property | 54,650.00 |
| Tax on real estate | 201.62 |
| Tax on personal property | 92.18 |
| County levy | 3,381.47 |
| County levy for school purposes | 1,482.46 |
Erected in 1859 from a portion of Ashe County, and derives its name from the range of mountains in which it is located. It is in the Western Division of the State, and is one of the northern border counties. It is bounded on the north by the State of Virginia, on the south by Wilkes, on the east by Surry, on the west by ashe. It has an area of 181¬ square miles (116,001 acres), at average assessed valuation of $.279 per acre.
Sparta, the County Seat, is about 175 miles northwest from Raleigh. Population 50.
Surface: Hilly and mountainous, and the soil is sand, clay.
Products: Corn, oats, wheat, buckwheat, rye and hay.
Fruits: Apples, pears, cherries, plums and berries.
Timbers: Oak, chestnut, poplar, pine and maple.
Mineral and medicinal springs: Gold, copper, plumbago and iron with one sulphur spring
| Delphi | Glade Creek | New River |
| Edmonds | Gray | Norman |
| Edwards Cross Roads | Hooker | Piney Creek |
| Elk Creek | Laurel Branch | Prather's Creek |
| - | Sparta | - |
Attorneys at Law
Doughton, R. A. - Sparta
Fields, W. C. - Sparta
Vaughan, E. L. - Sparta
Blacksmiths
McKnight, Andrew - Edmonds
Murphy, Timothy - Edmonds
Broom Makers
Carico, A. C. - Edmonds
Carico, A. O. - Edmonds
Cabinetmakers and Undertakers
Miles Smith - Sparta
Cattle Dealers
Carico, A. G. - Edmonds
Carico, F. H. - Edmonds
Doughton, J. H. - Laurel Springs
Gambill, W. S. - Sparta
Higgins, Martin - Edmonds
Higgins, P. C. - Edmonds
Miller, John S. - Laruel Springs
Reeves, John - Laurel Springs
Thompson, William - Sparta
Coach and Carriage Builders
Welch, J. C. - Sparta
Distillers - Whiskey
Billings, William - Piney Creek
Edwards, Samuel - Edmonds
Lundo, B. - Edmonds
General Merchants and Tradesmen
Absher & Joines - Edward Cross Roads
Edwards, Cheek & Co. - Sparta
Edwards, D. C. - Elk Creek
Fowlkes & Jennings - Delphi
Jones, J. C. - Prather's Creek
Holbrook, W. K. - Sparta
Jones, H. F. - Sparta
Long & Bro. - Gray
Norman, W. L. - Norman
Weaver, W. C. - Piney Creek
Hotels
Gentry House - R. C. Gentry - Sparta
Mills - Corn and Flour
Carico's - Edmonds
Mines - Copper
Peach Bottom - Noah Long - Sparta
Mines - Iron
Collins' - Huster Collins - Edmonds
Gallion's - James Gallion - Edmonds
Physicians
Fowlkes, C. G. - Scottsville
Smith, John L. - Sparta
Saddlers and Harnessmakers
Holbrook, W. K. - Sparta
Schools and Colleges
Alleghany Collegiate Institute - S. W. Brown - Sparta
Laurel Springs Academy - J. B. Hans - Laurel Springs
Tanners
Gilliam, Wesley - Sparta
Cherry Lane - Stephen Johnson, A. J. Woodruff, Frank Bryan
Edmonds - F. H. Carico, Smith Robardss, A. O. Carico, A. G. Carico
Elk Creek - D. C. Edwards, A. D. Reeves, A. J. Carson
Laurel Springs - John S. Miller, W. B. Reeves, J. H. Doughton, J. H. Stamper, C. J. Taylor, Calvin Long, Joseph Phillips
Norman - P. C. Higgins, M. Edwards
Piney Creek - William Halsey, John Weaver, J. R. Wyatt, Ira Halsey, John S. Parsons, Caleb Parsons
Prather's Creek - D. C. Jones, Allen Jones
Sparta - Alex. Hampton, T. J. Carson, J. L. Smith, J. B. Doughton, J. T. Hawthorn, H. S. Edwards, E. L. Vaughan, George Mc. Reeves, Mrs. C. A. Parks, R. C. Gentry, William Whites, W. B. Cheek, Robert Gambill