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Tryon was formed in 1768 from Mecklenburg. The act was to become effective April 10, 1769. It was named in honor of William Tryon, Governor of North Carolina, 1765-1771. The act establishing the county named commissioners to select a place "whereon to erect court house, prison and stocks."

The boundary line between Tryon and Mecklenburg was established in 1774. Tryon was abolished in 1779, and Lincoln and Rutherford were formed from it.
 

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