Dobson was created in the center of the county to serve as the new county seat. The town was named in honor of William Polk Dobson, a State Senator from Surry County who died in 1846. It was incorporated in 1891 and, since that year, has had a municipal government.
Take a walk around this courthouse and you will see many historic markers such as Stoneman’s Raid and Tabitha Holton, the first woman licensed to practice law in North Carolina.