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The first court of Caldwell County was ordered to be held at the store
of George Powell near the house of George Smith, Jr., until a courthouse
was erected. Commissioners were named to select a site as near the center
as possible, acquire land and a town, and erect a courthouse.1
Caldwell County was named in honor of Joseph
Caldwell, the first president of the University of North Carolina He strongly
advocated a public school system and a railroad across the center of the
State from Morehead City to Tennessee.1
Lenoir, the county seat, is named
in honor of William Lenoir.1
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