Definition & Meaning | English word ALBEMARLE

Definitions of ALBEMARLE

1. (historical) Isabela Island, the largest of the Galápagos Islands.
2. A city in county seat in Stanly County, North Carolina, USA.

Examples of Using ALBEMARLE in a Sentence

• January 17 – Tuscarora War: Colonel James Moore leads the Carolina militia out of Albemarle County, North Carolina, in a second offensive against the Tuscarora.
• Isabela Island (Galápagos), Ecuador, the largest island of the Galápagos Islands, originally known as Albemarle.
• Charleston was founded in 1670 as Charles Town, honoring King CharlesII, at Albemarle Point on the west bank of the Ashley River (now Charles Towne Landing) but relocated in 1680 to its present site, which became the fifth-largest city in North America within ten years.
• Roanoke River, flowing through Virginia and North Carolina and emptying into Albemarle Sound near Roanoke Island.
• Albemarle Sound lies on its north, Roanoke Sound on the eastern, Croatan Sound on the west, and Wanchese CDP lies at the southern end.
• The establishment of North Carolina counties stretches over 240 years, beginning in 1668 with the creation of Albemarle County and ending with the 1911 creation of Avery and Hoke counties.
• In 1744 Goochland was divided and the area currently known as Fluvanna became a part of Albemarle County.
• The Meherrin River, like the Nottoway River and the Blackwater River, empties to the southeast into Albemarle Sound.
• Charlottesville is the heart of the Charlottesville metropolitan area, which includes Albemarle, Buckingham, Fluvanna, Greene, and Nelson counties.
• Buckingham County was created in 1761 from the southeastern portion of Albemarle County and was predominantly farmland.
• Amherst County was created in 1761 out of Albemarle County, and it was named in honor of Lord Jeffery Amherst, the so-called "Conqueror of Canada".
• In 1777, Albemarle County was divided and Fluvanna County established, finalizing the boundaries of modern Albemarle County.
• The county was formed in 1729 as Tyrrell Precinct of Albemarle County, from parts of Bertie Precinct, Chowan Precinct, Currituck Precinct, and Pasquotank Precinct.
• Stanly County comprises the Albemarle, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC Combined Statistical Area.
• Chowan County is in the northeastern section of the State and is bounded by Albemarle Sound, Chowan River, and the counties of Bertie, Hertford, Gates, and Perquimans.
• Camden County is a member of the Albemarle Commission regional council of governments and is represented by Bobby Hanig in the 1st district in the North Carolina State Senate and Edward Charles Goodwin in the 1st district in the North Carolina House of Representatives.
• The county was formed as Bertie Precinct in 1722 from the part of Chowan Precinct of Albemarle County lying west of the Chowan River.
• The word Albemarle is derived from the Latinised form of the French county of Aumale in Normandy (Latin: Alba Marla meaning "White Marl", marl being a type of fertile soil), other forms being Aubemarle and Aumerle.
• The site of modern-day Albemarle was originally peopled by small tribes of hunter-gatherers and mound builders whose artifacts and settlements have been dated back nearly 10,000 years.
• Today, Stanfield School is now Stanfield Elementary School that runs pre-k through the 5th grade, and the students then go to West Stanly High School in Red Cross, Stanly Early College in Albemarle or to Gray Stone Day School in Misenheimer.

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