Region:Piedmont County Seat:Henderson Population:42,9541
Vance was formed in 1881 from Granville, Warren, and Franklin Counties. It is in the northeastern section of the State and is bounded by Warren, Franklin, and Granville counties and the state of Virginia.2
Vance County was named in honor of Zebulon Baird Vance, a member of Congress, Governor of North Carolina, and a United States Senator.
The North Carolina State Flag bears the state colors or red, white and blue.
The Flag bears two dates in its blue field on the left. May 20, 1775 was the year North Carolina signed the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence was issued and April 12, 1776 is the date of the Halifax Resolves. North Carolina was the first colony to declare its independence from England well before July 4, 1776.
