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How did gerrymandering begin in North Carolina? Consider Vance County

Fourteen miles wide and 28 miles long. That was the size of the land taken from Franklin, Granville and Warren counties in North Carolina to create Vance County in 1881,

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Vance County: The roots of gerrymandering in NC

With NC gerrymandering drawing national attention, historians say the formation of Vance County in 1881 is one of the earliest examples.

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