Many people appeared at the Guilford County courthouse to oppose the plan, vowing to go to the state legislature to protest.

[8] Davidson County is located entirely within the Piedmont region of central North Carolina.

The Piedmont consists of gently rolling terrain frequently broken by hills or shallow valleys formed by rivers and streams.

An exception to this terrain are the Uwharrie Mountains in the county's western and southwestern sections.

The Uwharries are the oldest mountain range in North America,[9] and at one time they rose to nearly 20,000 feet (6,100 m) above sea level.

However, time has worn them down to little more than high hills; yet due to the relative flatness of the surrounding countryside they still rise from 250 to 500 feet (150 m) above their base.

No Democratic presidential nominee has carried the county since Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Thomas E. Dewey by a mere ten votes out of almost 19,000 in 1944.

Davidson County is a member of the regional Piedmont Triad Council of Governments.

Davidson County gained national attention when Gerald Hege, Sheriff from 1994 to 2003, became a minor celebrity for his unconventional prisoner treatment methods.

Presently the Davidson Campus has grown to 11 buildings and two emergency services training facilities on approximately 97 acres (390,000 m2).

Other attractions include Denton Farm Park, Walter Johnson Camp and Conference Center, and the North Carolina Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

Pigs in the City is an art initiative held each summer in Lexington, and attracts tens of thousands of visitors.

This art studio allowed the college to reinvigorate its Associate in Fine Arts Degree and offer both university transfer classes as well as adult community interest classes in painting, drawing, and sculpting.

Davidson County is home to many supporting race fans and the famous Richard Childress.

This chair is located in central Thomasville and is a symbol of Davidson County's furniture industry.