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Graham County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 8,861,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/37/37075.html )〕 making it the third-least populous county in North Carolina. Its county seat is Robbinsville.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The county was formed January 30, 1872, from the northeastern part of Cherokee County. It was named for William A. Graham, United States Senator from North Carolina (1840–1843) and Governor of North Carolina (1845–1849). ==Geography== According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (3.2%) is water. The terrain of the county is mountainous, with elevations ranging from to . Two-thirds of the county is the Nantahala National Forest. The soil of the valleys is fertile.〔 Fontana Lake, an impoundment of the Little Tennessee River, forms most of the northern border of the county, with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on the other side of the lake. Fontana Lake is formed by Fontana Dam, the tallest dam in the eastern U.S. The remainder of the northern boundary of Graham County is almost completely formed by another impoundment of the Little Tennessee River, downstream from Fontana Dam, created by Cheoah Dam. Fontana Dam and Cheoah Dam are both operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. The Appalachian Trail winds through Graham County. Part of the trail is located on top of Fontana Dam. The Cheoah River is noted for its Class IV and Class V whitewater rapids. The river is used for whitewater rafting about 17 days per year, based on a water-release schedule from Santeetlah Dam. Seventy-five percent of Lake Santeetlah shoreline borders national forest. Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, a rare example of an old growth cove hardwood forest, is located in northwestern Graham County. Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest is part of the Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness area. The eastern terminus of the Cherohala Skyway is located in northwestern Graham County. The Cherohala Skyway connects Graham County with Tellico Plains, Tennessee. The Cherokee name for the area, Nantahala, is translated as "land of the noon-day sun" because 90% of the land is slopes of 30 degrees or greater, suggesting that in the valleys one sees the sun only in the middle of the day.〔Historical Marker in Robbinsville, the county seat〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Graham County, North Carolina」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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