List of counties in North Carolina
Counties of North Carolina | |
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Location | State of North Carolina |
Number | 100 |
Populations | 4,364 (Tyrrell) – 1,012,539 (Mecklenburg) |
Areas | 221 square miles (570 km2) (Clay) – 1,562 square miles (4,050 km2) (Dare) |
Government | County government |
Subdivisions | cities, towns, townships, unincorporated communities, census designated place |
The U.S. state of North Carolina is divided into 100 counties. North Carolina ranks 29th in size by area, but has the seventh-highest number of counties in the country.[1]
Following the restoration of the monarchy in 1660, King Charles II rewarded eight persons on March 24, 1663, for their faithful support of his efforts to regain the throne of England. He gave the eight grantees, called Lords Proprietor, the land called Carolina, in honor of King Charles I, his father. The Province of Carolina, from 1663 to 1729, was a North American English (1663-1707), then British (from 1707 union with Scotland) colony. In 1729, the Province of North Carolina became a separate entity from the Province of South Carolina.
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. Five counties have been divided or abolished altogether, the last being Dobbs County in 1791.
The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS),[2] which is used by the United States government to uniquely identify states and counties, is provided with each entry. North Carolina's FIPS code is 37, which when combined with the county code is written as 37XXX.
List
County |
FIPS Code [2] |
County Seat [3] |
Created [3] |
Origin [4] |
Etymology [4] |
Population estimate (2011)[3][5][6][7] |
Area [3][5] |
Map |
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Alamance County | 001 | Graham | 1849 | Orange County | The Battle of Alamance which was derived from the local Native American word meaning "blue clay" found in the Great Alamance Creek | 153,291 | sq mi ( 1,127 km2) | 435|
Alexander County | 003 | Taylorsville | 1847 | Caldwell County, Iredell County, and Wilkes County | William J. Alexander, member of the legislature and Speaker of the North Carolina House of Commons | 37,087 | sq mi ( 681 km2) | 263|
Alleghany County | 005 | Sparta | 1859 | Ashe County | Derived from a corruption of the Delaware Indian name for the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers and is said to have meant "a fine stream" | 11,052 | sq mi ( 611 km2) | 236|
Anson County | 007 | Wadesboro | 1750 | Bladen County | George, Lord Anson (1697–1762), a celebrated English admiral who circumnavigated the globe | 26,143 | sq mi ( 1,391 km2) | 537|
Ashe County | 009 | Jefferson | 1799 | Wilkes County | Samuel Ashe (1725–1813), a Revolutionary patriot, superior court judge, and governor of North Carolina | 27,143 | sq mi ( 1,106 km2) | 427|
Avery County | 011 | Newland | 1911 | Caldwell County, Mitchell County, and Watauga County | Waightstill Avery (1741–1821), a soldier of the Revolution and Attorney General of North Carolina | 17,572 | sq mi ( 640 km2) | 247|
Beaufort County | 013 | Washington | 1712 | Original county | Duke Henry Somerset of Beaufort, who in 1709 became one of the Lords Proprietor | 47,691 | sq mi ( 2,484 km2) | 959|
Bertie County | 015 | Windsor | 1722 | Chowan County | James or Henry Bertie, two Lords Proprietor of colonial North Carolina | 20,874 | sq mi ( 1,919 km2) | 741|
Bladen County | 017 | Elizabethtown | 1734 | New Hanover County | Martin Bladen, a member of the Board of Trade | 35,190 | sq mi ( 2,297 km2) | 887|
Brunswick County | 019 | Bolivia | 1764 | Bladen County and New Hanover County | George I of Great Britain (1660–1727), Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg | 110,097 | sq mi ( 2,719 km2) | 1,050|
Buncombe County | 021 | Asheville | 1791 | Burke County and Rutherford County | Edward Buncombe, a Revolutionary soldier, who was wounded and captured at the Battle of Germantown, and died a paroled prisoner in Philadelphia | 241,419 | sq mi ( 1,709 km2) | 660|
Burke County | 023 | Morganton | 1777 | Rowan County | Thomas Burke (1747–1783), a member of the Continental Congress and governor of North Carolina | 90,904 | sq mi ( 1,334 km2) | 515|
Cabarrus County | 025 | Concord | 1792 | Mecklenburg County | Stephen Cabarrus (1754–1808), member of the legislature and Speaker of the North Carolina House of Commons | 181,468 | sq mi ( 945 km2) | 365|
Caldwell County | 027 | Lenoir | 1841 | Burke County and Wilkes County | Joseph Caldwell (1773–1835), the first president of the University of North Carolina | 82,395 | sq mi ( 1,228 km2) | 474|
Camden County | 029 | Camden | 1777 | Pasquotank County | Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden (1714–1794), who opposed the taxation of the American colonists | 10,014 | sq mi ( 793 km2) | 306|
Carteret County | 031 | Beaufort | 1722 | Craven County | John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville (1690–1763), who inherited one-eighth share in the Province of Carolina through his great-grandfather George Carteret | 67,373 | sq mi ( 3,473 km2) | 1,341|
Caswell County | 033 | Yanceyville | 1777 | Orange County | Richard Caswell (1729–1789), member of the first Continental Congress and first governor of North Carolina after the Declaration of Independence | 23,403 | sq mi ( 1,109 km2) | 428|
Catawba County | 035 | Newton | 1842 | Lincoln County | Catawba Nation | 154,181 | sq mi ( 1,072 km2) | 414|
Chatham County | 037 | Pittsboro | 1771 | Orange County | William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708–1778), Secretary of State during the French and Indian War and was later Prime Minister of Great Britain | 64,195 | sq mi ( 1,836 km2) | 709|
Cherokee County | 039 | Murphy | 1839 | Macon County | Cherokee Nation | 27,194 | sq mi ( 1,287 km2) | 497|
Chowan County | 041 | Edenton | 1668 | Albemarle County | Chowan Native American tribe | 14,831 | sq mi ( 603 km2) | 233|
Clay County | 043 | Hayesville | 1861 | Cherokee County | Henry Clay (1777–1852), statesman and orator who represented Kentucky in both the House of Representatives and Senate | 10,563 | sq mi ( 572 km2) | 221|
Cleveland County | 045 | Shelby | 1841 | Lincoln County and Rutherford County | Benjamin Cleveland (1738–1806), a colonel in the American Revolutionary War who took part in the Battle of Kings Mountain | 97,489 | sq mi ( 1,215 km2) | 469|
Columbus County | 047 | Whiteville | 1808 | Bladen County and Brunswick County | Christopher Columbus (1451–1507), navigator, explorer, and one of the first Europeans to explore the Americas | 57,712 | sq mi ( 2,471 km2) | 954|
Craven County | 049 | New Bern | 1705 | Bath County | William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven (1608–1697), who was a Lords Proprietor of colonial North Carolina | 104,786 | sq mi ( 2,005 km2) | 774|
Cumberland County | 051 | Fayetteville | 1754 | Bladen County | Duke William of Cumberland (1721–1765), a military leader and son of George II | 324,885 | sq mi ( 1,704 km2) | 658|
Currituck County | 053 | Currituck | 1668 | Albemarle County | Traditionally said to be an American Indian word for wild geese, also rendered "Coratank" | 23,955 | sq mi ( 1,362 km2) | 526|
Dare County | 055 | Manteo | 1870 | Currituck County, Hyde County, and Tyrrell County | Virginia Dare (b. 1587), the first child born of English parents in America | 34,307 | sq mi ( 4,046 km2) | 1,562|
Davidson County | 057 | Lexington | 1822 | Rowan County | William Lee Davidson (1746–1781), an American Revolutionary War general who was mortally wounded at Cowan's Ford | 162,695 | sq mi ( 1,469 km2) | 567|
Davie County | 059 | Mocksville | 1836 | Rowan County | William Richardson Davie (1756–1820), a member of the Federal Convention and governor of North Carolina | 41,552 | sq mi ( 692 km2) | 267|
Duplin County | 061 | Kenansville | 1750 | New Hanover County | Thomas Hay, Viscount Dupplin (1710–1787), who was the 9th Earl of Kinnoull | 59,542 | sq mi ( 2,121 km2) | 819|
Durham County | 063 | Durham | 1881 | Orange County and Wake County | The city of Durham which was named in honor of Dr. Bartlett Snipes Durham who donated the land on which the railroad station was located | 273,392 | sq mi ( 772 km2) | 298|
Edgecombe County | 065 | Tarboro | 1741 | Bertie County | Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe (1680–1758), a Lord High Treasurer and Paymaster-General for Ireland | 56,041 | sq mi ( 1,313 km2) | 507|
Forsyth County | 067 | Winston-Salem | 1849 | Stokes County | Benjamin Forsyth (d. 1814), an American officer during the War of 1812 | 354,952 | sq mi ( 1,070 km2) | 413|
Franklin County | 069 | Louisburg | 1779 | Bute County | Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), an author, politician, statesman, and Founding Father of the United States | 61,140 | sq mi ( 1,282 km2) | 495|
Gaston County | 071 | Gastonia | 1846 | Lincoln County | William Gaston (1778–1844), a United States Congressman and justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court | 207,031 | sq mi ( 943 km2) | 364|
Gates County | 073 | Gatesville | 1779 | Chowan County, Hertford County, and Perquimans County | Horatio Gates (1727–1806), an American general during the Revolution at the Battle of Saratoga | 12,043 | sq mi ( 896 km2) | 346|
Graham County | 075 | Robbinsville | 1872 | Cherokee County | William Alexander Graham (1804–1875), a United States Senator, governor of North Carolina, and United States Secretary of the Navy | 8,802 | sq mi ( 782 km2) | 302|
Granville County | 077 | Oxford | 1746 | Edgecombe County | John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville (1690–1763), who inherited one-eighth share in the Province of Carolina through his great-grandfather George Carteret | 59,976 | sq mi ( 1,391 km2) | 537|
Greene County | 079 | Snow Hill | 1799 | Dobbs County Originally named Glasgow County | Nathanael Greene (1742–1786), a major general of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War | 21,556 | sq mi ( 689 km2) | 266|
Guilford County | 081 | Greensboro | 1771 | Orange County and Rowan County | Francis North, 1st Earl of Guilford (1704–1790), a British politician and father of Prime Minister of Great Britain Frederick North | 495,279 | sq mi ( 1,704 km2) | 658|
Halifax County | 083 | Halifax | 1758 | Edgecombe County | George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax (1716–1771), a British statesman and President of the Board of Trade | 54,173 | sq mi ( 1,893 km2) | 731|
Harnett County | 085 | Lillington | 1855 | Cumberland County | Cornelius Harnett (1723–1781), an American Revolutionary and delegate in the Continental Congress | 119,256 | sq mi ( 1,557 km2) | 601|
Haywood County | 087 | Waynesville | 1808 | Buncombe County | John Haywood (1754–1827), a North Carolina State Treasurer | 58,855 | sq mi ( 1,437 km2) | 555|
Henderson County | 089 | Hendersonville | 1838 | Buncombe County | Leonard Henderson (1772–1833), Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court | 107,927 | sq mi ( 971 km2) | 375|
Hertford County | 091 | Winton | 1759 | Bertie County, Chowan County, and Northampton County | Marquess Francis Seymour-Conway of Hertford (1718–1794), who was Lord of the Bedchamber to George II and George III | 24,433 | sq mi ( 932 km2) | 360|
Hoke County | 093 | Raeford | 1911 | Cumberland County and Robeson County | Robert Hoke (1837–1912), a Confederate general during the American Civil War | 49,272 | sq mi ( 1,015 km2) | 392|
Hyde County | 095 | Swan Quarter | 1712 | Original county Originally named Wickham County | Edward Hyde (c. 1650–1712), a governor of colonial North Carolina | 5,822 | sq mi ( 3,688 km2) | 1,424|
Iredell County | 097 | Statesville | 1788 | Rowan County | James Iredell (1751–1799), a comptroller at the port of Edenton and one of the original justices of the Supreme Court of the United States | 161,202 | sq mi ( 1,546 km2) | 597|
Jackson County | 099 | Sylva | 1851 | Haywood County and Macon County | Andrew Jackson (1767–1845), the 7th President of the United States | 40,285 | sq mi ( 1,279 km2) | 494|
Johnston County | 101 | Smithfield | 1746 | Craven County | Gabriel Johnston (1699–1752), a governor of colonial North Carolina | 172,595 | sq mi ( 2,062 km2) | 796|
Jones County | 103 | Trenton | 1778 | Craven County | Willie Jones (1740–1801), opposed the ratification of the United States Constitution and declined an invitation to the Constitutional Convention | 10,020 | sq mi ( 1,225 km2) | 473|
Lee County | 105 | Sanford | 1907 | Chatham County and Moore County | Robert E. Lee (1807–1870), a career United States Army officer and general of the Confederate forces during the American Civil War | 58,752 | sq mi ( 671 km2) | 259|
Lenoir County | 107 | Kinston | 1791 | Dobbs County | William Lenoir (1751–1839), a captain in the American Revolutionary War who took part in the Battle of Kings Mountain | 59,339 | sq mi ( 1,041 km2) | 402|
Lincoln County | 109 | Lincolnton | 1779 | Tryon County | Benjamin Lincoln (1733–1810), a major general during the American Revolutionary War who participated in the Siege of Yorktown | 78,932 | sq mi ( 795 km2) | 307|
McDowell County | 111 | Marion | 1842 | Burke County and Rutherford County | Joseph McDowell (1756–1801), a soldier in the American Revolutionary War who took part in the Battle of Kings Mountain | 45,104 | sq mi ( 1,155 km2) | 446|
Macon County | 113 | Franklin | 1828 | Haywood County | Nathaniel Macon (1758–1837), a member and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | 34,074 | sq mi ( 1,344 km2) | 519|
Madison County | 115 | Marshall | 1851 | Buncombe County and Yancey County | James Madison (1751–1836), the 4th President of the United States | 20,816 | sq mi ( 1,171 km2) | 452|
Martin County | 117 | Williamston | 1774 | Halifax County and Tyrrell County | Josiah Martin (1737–1786), the last governor of colonial North Carolina | 24,180 | sq mi ( 1,194 km2) | 461|
Mecklenburg County | 119 | Charlotte | 1762 | Anson County | Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744–1818), the queen consort of George III of the United Kingdom | 944,373 | sq mi ( 1,414 km2) | 546|
Mitchell County | 121 | Bakersville | 1861 | Burke County, Caldwell County, McDowell County, Watauga County, and Yancey County | Elisha Mitchell (1793–1857), a professor at the University of North Carolina who measured the height of Mount Mitchell | 15,445 | sq mi ( 575 km2) | 222|
Montgomery County | 123 | Troy | 1779 | Anson County | Richard Montgomery (1738–1775), a major general during the Revolutionary War who was killed at the Battle of Quebec | 27,667 | sq mi ( 1,300 km2) | 502|
Moore County | 125 | Carthage | 1784 | Cumberland County | Alfred Moore (1755–1810), a captain in the Revolutionary War and justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | 89,352 | sq mi ( 1,829 km2) | 706|
Nash County | 127 | Nashville | 1777 | Edgecombe County | Francis Nash (1742–1777), a brigadier general in the Revolutionary War who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Germantown | 96,116 | sq mi ( 1,406 km2) | 543|
New Hanover County | 129 | Wilmington | 1729 | Craven County | The royal family of England, members of the House of Hanover | 206,189 | sq mi ( 850 km2) | 328|
Northampton County | 131 | Jackson | 1741 | Bertie County | James Compton, 5th Earl of Northampton (1687–1754), a British peer and politician | 21,893 | sq mi ( 1,427 km2) | 551|
Onslow County | 133 | Jacksonville | 1734 | New Hanover County | Arthur Onslow (1691–1768), Speaker of the British House of Commons | 179,716 | sq mi ( 2,354 km2) | 909|
Orange County | 135 | Hillsborough | 1752 | Bladen County, Granville County, and Johnston County | William V, Prince of Orange (1748–1806), the last Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic | 135,755 | sq mi ( 1,039 km2) | 401|
Pamlico County | 137 | Bayboro | 1872 | Beaufort County and Craven County | Pamlico Sound and the Pamlico Native American tribe | 13,197 | sq mi ( 1,466 km2) | 566|
Pasquotank County | 139 | Elizabeth City | 1668 | Albemarle County | Derived from the Native American word pasketanki which meant "where the current of the stream divides or forks" | 40,696 | sq mi ( 749 km2) | 289|
Pender County | 141 | Burgaw | 1875 | New Hanover County | William Dorsey Pender (1834–1863), Confederate soldier who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg of the American Civil War | 53,399 | sq mi ( 2,416 km2) | 933|
Perquimans County | 143 | Hertford | 1668 | Albemarle County | Perquimans Native American tribe | 13,487 | sq mi ( 852 km2) | 329|
Person County | 145 | Roxboro | 1791 | Caswell County | Thomas Person, an American Revolutionary War patriot | 39,637 | sq mi ( 1,046 km2) | 404|
Pitt County | 147 | Greenville | 1760 | Beaufort County | William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708–1778), Secretary of State during the French and Indian War and was later Prime Minister of Great Britain | 171,134 | sq mi ( 1,696 km2) | 655|
Polk County | 149 | Columbus | 1855 | Henderson County and Rutherford County | William Polk (1758–1834), officer in the American Revolutionary War and first president of the State Bank of North Carolina | 20,256 | sq mi ( 619 km2) | 239|
Randolph County | 151 | Asheboro | 1779 | Guilford County | Peyton Randolph (c. 1721–1755), the first President of the Continental Congress | 142,358 | sq mi ( 2,046 km2) | 790|
Richmond County | 153 | Rockingham | 1779 | Anson County | Duke Charles Lennox of Richmond (1735–1806), a firm supporter of the American colonists and advocated removal of British troops | 46,611 | sq mi ( 1,243 km2) | 480|
Robeson County | 155 | Lumberton | 1787 | Bladen County | Thomas Robeson, an officer in the American Revolutionary War | 135,517 | sq mi ( 2,463 km2) | 951|
Rockingham County | 157 | Wentworth | 1785 | Guilford County | Marquess Charles Watson-Wentworth of Rockingham (1730–1782), a British statesmen and two-time Prime Minister of Great Britain | 93,329 | sq mi ( 1,481 km2) | 572|
Rowan County | 159 | Salisbury | 1753 | Anson County | Matthew Rowan (d. 1769), was the acting Governor of colonial North Carolina following the death of Governor Nathaniel Rice | 138,019 | sq mi ( 1,357 km2) | 524|
Rutherford County | 161 | Rutherfordton | 1779 | Tryon County | Griffith Rutherford (c. 1721–1805), an officer in the American Revolutionary War and a political leader in North Carolina | 67,538 | sq mi ( 1,466 km2) | 566|
Sampson County | 163 | Clinton | 1784 | Duplin County | John Sampson, a member of Josiah Martin's council | 63,734 | sq mi ( 2,453 km2) | 947|
Scotland County | 165 | Laurinburg | 1899 | Richmond County | The country Scotland, part of the United Kingdom | 35,861 | sq mi ( 831 km2) | 321|
Stanly County | 167 | Albemarle | 1841 | Montgomery County | John Stanly (1774–1834), a United States Congressman and Speaker of the North Carolina House of Commons | 60,636 | sq mi ( 1,046 km2) | 404|
Stokes County | 169 | Danbury | 1789 | Surry County | John Stokes, a soldier of the Revolution who was seriously wounded at the Waxhaw massacre | 47,242 | sq mi ( 1,181 km2) | 456|
Surry County | 171 | Dobson | 1771 | Rowan County | The county of Surrey in England, birthplace of then governor William Tryon | 73,714 | sq mi ( 1,393 km2) | 538|
Swain County | 173 | Bryson City | 1871 | Jackson County and Macon County | David Lowry Swain (1801–1868), a governor of North Carolina and president of the University of North Carolina | 14,043 | sq mi ( 1,401 km2) | 541|
Transylvania County | 175 | Brevard | 1861 | Henderson County and Jackson County | Derived from the Latin words, trans meaning across and sylva meaning woods | 32,820 | sq mi ( 987 km2) | 381|
Tyrrell County | 177 | Columbia | 1729 | Chowan County, Currituck County, and Pasquotank County | John Tyrrell, at one time was a Lords Proprietor | 4,364 | sq mi ( 1,554 km2) | 600|
Union County | 179 | Monroe | 1842 | Anson County and Mecklenburg County | Created as a compromise after a dispute between local Whigs and Democrats as to whether it should be named Clay or Jackson county | 205,463 | sq mi ( 1,658 km2) | 640|
Vance County | 181 | Henderson | 1881 | Franklin County, Granville County, and Warren County | Zebulon Baird Vance (1830–1894), a Confederate military officer in the American Civil War, twice governor of North Carolina, and United States Senator | 45,307 | sq mi ( 699 km2) | 270|
Wake County | 183 | Raleigh | 1771 | Cumberland County, Johnston County, and Orange County | Margaret Wake, the wife of British colonial governor William Tryon | 929,780 | sq mi ( 2,220 km2) | 857|
Warren County | 185 | Warrenton | 1779 | Bute County | Joseph Warren (1741–1775), a Patriot and volunteer private who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Bunker Hill | 20,861 | sq mi ( 1,150 km2) | 444|
Washington County | 187 | Plymouth | 1799 | Tyrrell County | George Washington (1732–1799), the 1st President of the United States | 12,973 | sq mi ( 1,098 km2) | 424|
Watauga County | 189 | Boone | 1849 | Ashe County, Caldwell County, Wilkes County, and Yancey County | The Watauga River, which came from a Native American word meaning "beautiful water" | 51,333 | sq mi ( 811 km2) | 313|
Wayne County | 191 | Goldsboro | 1779 | Dobbs County | Anthony Wayne (1745–1796), a general in the American Revolutionary War | 123,697 | sq mi ( 1,443 km2) | 557|
Wilkes County | 193 | Wilkesboro | 1777 | Surry County | John Wilkes (1725–1797), an English radical, journalist and politician | 68,984 | sq mi ( 1,968 km2) | 760|
Wilson County | 195 | Wilson | 1855 | Edgecombe County, Johnston County, Nash County, and Wayne County | Louis D. Wilson, a state legislator from Edgecombe County who died of fever at Veracruz during the Mexican-American War | 81,452 | sq mi ( 969 km2) | 374|
Yadkin County | 197 | Yadkinville | 1850 | Surry County | The Yadkin River | 38,279 | sq mi ( 873 km2) | 337|
Yancey County | 199 | Burnsville | 1833 | Buncombe County and Burke County | Bartlett Yancey (1785–1828), a United States Congressman, Speaker of the North Carolina Senate, and early advocate for the North Carolina Public School System | 17,701 | sq mi ( 811 km2) | 313
Historic counties
County | Created | Abolished | Fate |
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Albemarle County | 1664[8] | 1689[8] | Partitioned into Chowan County, Currituck County, Pasquotank County, and Perquimans County |
Bath County | 1696[9] | 1739[9] | Renamed as Craven County |
Bute County | 1764[10] | 1779[10] | Partitioned into Franklin County and Warren County |
Dobbs County | 1758[11] | 1791[11] | Partitioned into Greene County, Lenoir County, and Wayne County |
Tryon County | 1768[12] | 1779[12] | Partitioned into Lincoln County and Rutherford County |
See also
References
- General
- Corbitt, David Leroy. The Formation of the North Carolina Counties, 1663–1943. Raleigh: State Dept. of Archives and History, 1950. Reprint, Raleigh: Division of Archives and History, North Carolina Dept. of Cultural Resources, 1987. ISBN 0-86526-032-X
- Powell, William S. The North Carolina Gazetteer. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1968. Reprint, 1985. ISBN 0-8078-1247-1
- Specific
- ↑ "How Many Counties are in Your State?". Click and Learn. Retrieved 2009-08-26.
- 1 2 "EPA County FIPS Code Listing". US Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved 2008-02-06.
- 1 2 3 4 "NACo – Find a county". National Association of Counties.
- 1 2 "County Histories". The State Library of North Carolina. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
- 1 2 "North Carolina QuickFacts". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-02-06. (2000 Census)
- ↑ "Census Tables for 2009". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
- ↑ "2010 Census". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
- 1 2 "Historic Albemarle County North Carolina Genealogy". USGenNet. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- 1 2 "Historic Bath County North Carolina Genealogy". USGenNet. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- 1 2 "Bute Co., North Carolina GenWeb 1764–1779". RootsWeb. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- 1 2 "Dobbs County, NC GenWeb Archives". USGenWeb. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- 1 2 "Finding Tryon County Ancestors". Gaston-Lincoln Regional Library System. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
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