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7 unusual facts about Guilford County


Guilford County, North Carolina

At the time of European encounter, the inhabitants of the area that became Guilford County were a Siouan-speaking people called the Saura.

It was named for Francis North, 1st Earl of Guilford, father of Frederick North, Lord North, British Prime Minister from 1770 to 1782.

The school was under the jurisdiction of the Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of North America.

Joanne W. Bowie

Joanne W. Bowie was a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's fifty-seventh House district, including constituents in Guilford county.

John Blust

John Marshall Blust (born June 4, 1954) is a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly, representing the state's sixty-second House district, including constituents in Guilford county.

Maggie Jeffus

Margaret A. Moore Jeffus (born October 22, 1934) is a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's fifty-ninth House district, including constituents in Guilford county.

Robert H. Edmunds, Jr.

After working as a district attorney in Guilford County, North Carolina and as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, Edmunds served as the presidentially-appointed United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina from 1986 to 1993.


Julius Eckhardt Raht

Raht worked for short periods in Missouri, Dubuque, Iowa, and Wisconsin before taking charge of mining at Harpers Ferry, Leesburg, and Jamestown, Virginia, and Guilford County, North Carolina.

Southeast Guilford High School

Southeast Guilford High School is located in the southeast Guilford County, off U.S. Route 421.


see also

Battle of Gilford

Battle of Guilford Court House, an American Revolutionary War battle in 1781, Guilford County, North Carolina.

Guilford Technical Community College

The school opened in 1958 with 50 students and two classes as the Guilford Industrial Education Center on the site of the Guilford County Tuberculosis Sanatorium, which had operated from 1924 to 1955.