Graham County, North Carolina

Founding: 1872
Parent county: Cherokee

Namesake: William Graham, North Carolina politician
Seat: Robbinsville (1872–)

Land area: 292 square miles

Population (2020): 8,030

Population (historic): 2,335 (1880); 4,343 (1900); 5,841 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1950; 1960–1980; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: Three towns

National Register listings: Eight

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 197 (3.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 18.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.1%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $494
Average outbuilding value (1930): $164
Number of farms (1920): 746
Average farm size (1920): 23.4 acres
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Robbinsville

Namesake: Unknown

Founding: circa 1840 (founding as Cheoah Valley); 1843 (post office)

Population (2020): 597

Population (historic): 47 (1880); 122 (1910); 119 (1920); 345 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1910; 1920–1980; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 23 (4.7%)
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