updated: April 2008
Formed: 1881 from
Granville, Warren & Franklin counties
First census:
1900
Named for:
Zebulon B. Vance (of Buncombe Co.), a former governor and U.S. senator
who never lived in Vance Co.;
County Seat:
Henderson
Neighboring Counties:
Granville, Warren, Franklin, and Mecklenburg Co., VA.
Newspaper:
The Daily Dispatch
County Records:
Vance County Register of Deeds:
