Editing Yadkinville, North Carolina (section)

==History==
The area was chosen as the county seat with the founding of Yadkin County in 1850. It was first known as Wilson, in honor of [[Louis D. Wilson]], a legislator who died in the Mexican War. However, the name was changed to Yadkinville in 1852 after it was discovered that another area, [[Wilson, North Carolina]], already had the name. At the time the county seat was established, there was only one house in town.<ref>''An Illustrated History of Yadkin County, 1850-1980'', W.E. Rutledge Jr., Page 52</ref> Yadkinville was incorporated in 1857.

The first courthouse, a two-story brick building, was built in 1853 by William White of [[Hamptonville, North Carolina]]. The bricks were handmade on a farm north of town. The courthouse was torn down in 1958 and a new building was constructed.

The [[Second Yadkin County Jail]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1988.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>