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In 1851, when Yadkin was formed from Surry, the act named and directed commissioners to locate the center of the county and fix the county seat. It also named commissioners to acquire fifty acres of land by purchase of donation and erect the courthouse. The law also stipulated that the town was to be named Dobson.1
Surry County was named in honor of the county of Surrey in England, birthplace of then Governor William Tryon.1
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