Orange County Indexed
The France surname
The France name in Orange County Indexed: 3 people in the chronology.
- In the chronology
- 1947 to 1984 3 people in 14 entries, most in the 1950s
- People with a page here
- Bill France Sr.
- Spellings to try
- Frances
- Search beyond these records
- France in Ancestry Library Edition (on the library’s public computers; add Orange County, North Carolina as a place)
- HeritageQuest, through NC LIVE (anywhere, with your OCPL library card; search France there)
- France in Orange County records on FamilySearch (free account)
A similar spelling may be another family, and two people of the same name are not necessarily the same person.
In the chronology 3 people
The people of this surname named in the county’s dated events, as the names index lists them. Each printed name is its own heading; names that may be one person are not merged.
- France, Ann 2 entries, 1952–1984
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France, Bill 12 entries, 1947–1984
Show the 12 entries
- 1947–1968: Occoneechee Speedway, Hillsborough
- January 27, 1948: Hillsboro Speedway, Inc. buys the Occoneechee Farm racetrack tract
- June 27, 1948: Occoneechee Speedway opens
- July 14, 1955: A quarter-mile track inside Orange Speedway is set to open
- October 28, 1957: Judge Clawson Williams upholds the Orange County racing law against Orange Speedway
- May 20, 1958: Hillsboro's school committee endorses making Orange Speedway the high school's athletic field
- 1958–1964: Hillsboro's sewage treatment plant, 1958–1964
- September 16, 1958: Bill France leases Orange Speedway to the Orange County Board of Education
- March 23, 1958: Sunday stock car racing returns to Orange Speedway, and Buck Baker wins the 100-mile race
- by July 30, 1959: Concrete stands go up at Orange Speedway for Hillsboro High football
- by December 13, 1962: A federal grant clears the way for Hillsboro's sewage treatment plant
- May 19, 1984: Orange Speedway, Inc. is dissolved
- France, Bill, Sr. 7 entries, 1948–1984
