1840Government
senator from North Carolina (1840–1843) and governor of North Carolina (1845–1849).
1849Government
== History ==
Graham was laid out in 1849 as the county seat of the newly formed Alamance County, and was incorporated as a town in 1851; it became a city in 1961.
1870Crime
The lynching of Wyatt Outlaw, the first African-American Town Commissioner and Constable of Graham, on February 26, 1870, by the Ku Klux Klan, along with the assassination of St...
1996Education
== Education ==
The local school system is known as the Alamance-Burlington School System, which was created by a merger between the Alamance County School System and the Burlin...
2000History
=== 2000 census ===
At the 2000 census there were 12,833 people, 5,241 households, and 3,385 families living in the city.
2020History
== Demographics ==
=== 2020 census ===
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 17,157 people, 6,412 households, and 3,962 families residing in the city.