The Granville County North Carolina Gazetteer is a dictionary of current and historical places in and around the old Tarheel community of Granville County. The book defines from A to Z streams, communities, homesteads, churches, roads, and many other locations of today and of yesteryear. Granville County was a pioneer county formed along the Virginia border in 1746 and initially was unbounded to the west. Over time the county has given-up significant land areas to other counties in the state. The gazetteer is particularly helpful to genealogist and local history buffs trying to grasp the geography of the area. It views places and events from the perspective of a native of the region. For several years an early edition of this book has been in use at the Granville County Library; it has been a frequent and well used resource.
About Leonard F. Dean
Leonard F. Dean lived in Granville County, NC in the 1930s through 50s. After graduating in Engineering from NC State University, he spent most of his adult life in Raleigh. He held numerous technical and management positions with IBM during a 28-year career in the Research Triangle. Dean retired in 1992 and since then has been busy with volunteer activities. He is a charter member with the Granville County Genealogical Society, a frequent researcher at the North Carolina State Archives and State Library, and an award winning author of NCGS for his two-volume history of the "Hobgood Family of Granville County, NC before 1850". He served on the Boards of NCGS, Friends of the Archives, and GCGS, and teaches computer skills at Raleigh SeniorNet. He is the father of four sons, a former youth soccer coach, a Methodist, and married to Sarah Andrews. His latest book, "Granville County North Carolina Gazetteer", is a collection from researching Granville County for 15 years.
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