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Halifax County, North Carolina

The Halifax Resolves and the birthplace of American independence - from Halifax's Halifax Resolves of April 12, 1776 (the Halifax Resolves - passed by the Fourth Provincial Congress at Halifax on April 12, 1776 - were the first official action by any American colony authorizing its delegates to vote for independence from Britain, making North Carolina the first colony to formally call for independence and April 12 a North Carolina state holiday) to the Roanoke Canal Museum (Roanoke Rapids' restored 1823 powerhouse documents the first commercially successful hydroelectric power canal in America) and Roanoke River's exceptional striped bass fishery.

County Seat Halifax
Population 49,000
Founded 1758
County Website halifaxnc.com/commissioners
Halifax County, North Carolina
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Board Of County Commissioners
(252) 583-2737
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Address 357 Ferrell Ln, Halifax, NC 27839
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