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North Carolina
entered Statehood 21 Nov 1789 as the 12th State

North Carolina seceded from the U.S. on 21 May 1861. It was the 11th of 11 states that joined the Confederate States of America. CSA, also known as the Confederacy, was the government formed by the southern states that seceded from the United States during the period of the American Civil War.
North Carolina

North Carolina Counties
by: Timeline | Alphabetical | State Facts

North Carolina Counties Year Formed From -
1664-1699    
Albemarle 1664 Dissolved 1739
Clarendon 1664 Original County Dissolved 1667
Berkeley 1670 Albemarle - Name changed to Perquimans 1681
Currituck 1670 Albemarle
Pasquotank 1670 Albemarle
Shaftesbury 1670 Albemarle - Name changed to Chowan 1685
Perquimans 1681 Formerly Berkeley
Chowan 1685 Formerly Shaftesbury
Bath 1696 County Dissolved 1739
1700-1719    
Archdale 1705 Bath - Name changed to Craven 1712
Pamptecough 1705 Bath - Name changed to Beaufort 1712
Wickham 1705 Bath - Name changed to Hyde 1712
Beaufort 1712 Formerly Pamptecough
Craven 1712 Formerly Archdale
Hyde 1712 Formerly Wickham
1720-1729    
Bertie 1722 Chowan
Carteret 1722 Craven
Tyrrell 1729 Bertie, Chowan, Currituck & Pasquotank
1730-1739    
Bladen 1734 New Hanover
Onslow 1734 New Hanover
1740-1749    
Edgecombe 1741 Bertie
Northampton 1741 Bertie
Granville 1746 Edgecombe
Johnston 1746 Craven
1750-1759    
Anson 1750 Bladen
Duplin 1750 Bladen
Orange 1752 Bladen, Granville & Johnston
Rowan 1753 Anson
Cumberland 1754 Bladen
Dobbs 1758 Johnston - Divided into Glasgow & Lenoir 1791
Halifax 1758 Edgecombe
Hertford 1759 Bertie, Chowan & Northampton
1760-1769    
Pitt 1760 Beaufort
Mecklenburg 1762 Anson
Brunswick 1764 New Hanover & Bladen
Bute 1764 Granville - Divided into Warren & Franklin 1779
Tryon 1768 Mecklenburg - Divided into Lincoln & Rutherford 1779
1770-1779    
Chatham 1770 Orange
Guilford 1770 Rowan & Orange
Surry 1770 Rowan
Wake 1770 Cumberland, Johnston & Orange
Martin 1774 Halifax & Tyrrell
Washington (TN)* 1776 Western lands
Burke 1777 Rowan
Camden 1777 Pasquotank
Caswell 1777 Orange
Nash 1777 Edgecombe
Wilkes 1777 Surry & Washington (TN)
Gates 1778 Chowan, Hertford & Perquimans
Jones 1778 Craven
Montgomery 1778 Anson
Randolph 1778 Guilford
Franklin 1779 Bute
Lincoln 1779 Tryon
Richmond 1779 Anson
Rutherford 1779 Tryon
Sullivan (TN)* 1779 Washington (TN)
Warren 1779 Bute
Wayne 1779 Dobbs
1780-1789    
Davidson (TN)* 1783 Washington (TN)
Greene (TN)* 1783 Washington (TN)
Moore 1784 Cumberland
Sampson 1784 Duplin
Rockingham 1785 Guilford
Robeson 1786 Bladen
Hawkins (TN)* 1787 Sullivan (TN)
Sumner (TN)* 1787 Davidson (TN)
Iredell 1788 Rowan
Tennessee (TN)* 1788 Davidson (TN)
Stokes 1789 Surry
1790-1799    
Buncombe 1791 Burke & Rutherford
Glasgow 1791 Dobbs - Name changed to Greene 1799
Lenoir 1791 Dobbs
Person 1791 Caswell
Cabarrus 1792 Mecklenburg
Ashe 1799 Wilkes
Greene 1799 Formerly Glasgow 1799
Washington 1799 Tyrrell
1800-    
Walton (GA) ** 1803 Formed by GA inside NC - Abolished 1812
Columbus 1898 Bladen & Brunswick
Haywood 1808 Buncombe
1800-1829    
Davidson 1822 Rowan
Macon 1828 Haywood
1830-1839    
Yancey 1833 Buncombe & Burke
Davie 1836 Rowan
Henderson 1838 Buncombe
Cherokee 1839 Macon
1840-1849    
Caldwell 1841 Burke & Wilkes
Cleveland 1841 Rutherford & Lincoln
Stanley 1841 Montgomery
Catawba 1842 Lincoln
McDowell 1842 Burke & Rutherford
Union 1842 Anson & Mecklenburg
Gaston 1846 Lincoln
Alexander 1847 Iredell, Caldwell & Wilkes
Polk 1847 Henderson & Rutherford - Abolished 1848
Alamance 1849 Orange
Forsyth 1849 Stokes
Watauga 1849 Ashe, Caldwell, Wilkes & Yancey
1850-1859    
Yadkin 1850 Surry
Jackson 1851 Haywood & Macon
Madison 1851 Buncombe & Yancey
Harnett 1855 Cumberland
Polk 1855 Henderson & Rutherford
Wilson 1855 Edgecombe, Johnston, Nash & Wayne
Alleghany 1859 Ashe
1860-1869    
Clay 1861 Cherokee
Transylvania 1861 Henderson & Jackson
1870-1879    
Dare 1870 Currituck, Tyrrell & Hyde
Swain 1871 Jackson & Macon
Graham 1872 Cherokee
Pamlico 1872 Beaufort & Craven
Pender 1875 New Hanover
1880-1889    
Durham 1881 Orange & Wake
Vance 1881 Franklin, Granville & Warren
1890-1899    
Scotland 1899 Richmond
1900-1911    
Lee 1907 Chatham & Moore
Avery 1911 Caldwell, Mitchell & Watauga
Hoke 1911 Cumberland & Robeson

North Carolina Counties - Alphabetical

North Carolina Counties Year Formed From -
Alamance 1849 Orange
Albemarle 1664 Dissolved 1739
Alexander 1847 Iredell, Caldwell & Wilkes
Alleghany 1859 Ashe
Anson 1750 Bladen
Archdale 1705 Bath - Name changed to Craven 1712
Ashe 1799 Wilkes
Avery 1911 Caldwell, Mitchell & Watauga
Bath 1696 County Dissolved 1739
Beaufort 1712 Formerly Pamptecough
Berkeley 1670 Albemarle - Name changed to Perquimans 1681
Bertie 1722 Chowan
Bladen 1734 New Hanover
Brunswick 1764 New Hanover & Bladen
Buncombe 1791 Burke & Rutherford
Burke 1777 Rowan
Bute 1764 Granville - Divided into Warren & Franklin 1779
Cabarrus 1792 Mecklenburg
Caldwell 1841 Burke & Wilkes
Camden 1777 Pasquotank
Carteret 1722 Craven
Caswell 1777 Orange
Catawba 1842 Lincoln
Chatham 1770 Orange
Cherokee 1839 Macon
Chowan 1685 Formerly Shaftesbury
Clarendon 1664 Original County Dissolved 1667
Clay 1861 Cherokee
Cleveland 1841 Rutherford & Lincoln
Columbus 1808 Bladen & Brunswick
Craven 1712 Formerly Archdale
Cumberland 1754 Bladen
Currituck 1670 Albemarle
Dare 1870 Currituck, Tyrrell & Hyde
Davidson (TN)* 1783 Washington (TN)
Davidson 1822 Rowan
Davie 1836 Rowan
Dobbs 1758 Johnston - Divided into Glasgow & Lenoir 1791
Duplin 1750 New Hanover
Durham 1881 Orange & Wake
Edgecombe 1741 Bertie
Forsyth 1849 Stokes
Franklin 1779 Bute
Gaston 1846 Lincoln
Gates 1778 Chowan, Hertford & Perquimans
Glasgow 1791 Dobbs - Name changed to Greene 1799
Graham 1872 Cherokee
Granville 1746 Edgecombe
Greene (TN)* 1783 Washington (TN)
Greene 1799 Formerly Glasgow 1799
Guilford 1770 Rowan & Orange
Halifax 1758 Edgecombe
Harnett 1855 Cumberland
Hawkins (TN)* 1787 Sullivan (TN)
Haywood 1808 Buncombe
Henderson 1838 Buncombe
Hertford 1759 Bertie, Chowan & Northampton
Hoke 1911 Cumberland & Robeson
Hyde 1712 Formerly Wickham
Iredell 1788 Rowan
Jackson 1851 Haywood & Macon
Johnston 1746 Craven
Jones 1778 Craven
Lee 1907 Chatham & Moore
Lenoir 1791 Dobbs
Lincoln 1779 Tryon
Macon 1828 Haywood
Madison 1851 Buncombe & Yancey
Martin 1774 Halifax & Tyrrell
McDowell 1842 Burke & Rutherford
Mecklenburg 1762 Anson
Mitchell 1861 Watauga & Yancey
Montgomery 1778 Anson
Moore 1784 Cumberland
Nash 1777 Edgecombe
New Hanover 1729 Craven
Northampton 1741 Bertie
Onslow 1734 New Hanover
Orange 1752 Bladen, Granville & Johnston
Pamlico 1872 Beaufort & Craven
Pamptecough 1705 Bath - Name changed to Beaufort 1712
Pasquotank 1670 Albemarle
Pender 1875 New Hanover
Perquimans 1681 Formerly Berkeley
Person 1791 Caswell
Pitt 1760 Beaufort
Polk 1847 Henderson & Rutherford - Abolished 1848
Polk 1855 Henderson & Rutherford
Randolph 1778 Guilford
Richmond 1779 Anson
Robeson 1786 Bladen
Rockingham 1785 Guilford
Rowan 1753 Anson
Rutherford 1779 Tryon
Sampson 1784 Duplin
Scotland 1899 Richmond
Shaftesbury 1670 Albemarle - Name changed to Chowan 1685
Stanley 1841 Montgomery
Stokes 1789 Surry
Sullivan (TN)* 1779 Washington (TN)
Sumner (TN)* 1787 Davidson (TN)
Surry 1770 Rowan
Swain 1871 Jackson & Macon
Tennessee (TN)* 1788 Davidson (TN)
Transylvania 1861 Henderson & Jackson
Tryon 1768 Mecklenburg - Divided into Lincoln & Rutherford 1779
Tyrrell 1729 Bertie, Chowan, Currituck & Pasquotank
Union 1842 Anson & Mecklenburg
Vance 1881 Franklin, Granville & Warren
Wake 1770 Cumberland, Johnston & Orange
Walton (GA) ** 1803 Formed by GA inside NC - Abolished 1812
Warren 1779 Bute
Washington (TN)* 1776 Western lands
Washington 1799 Tyrrell
Watauga 1849 Ashe, Caldwell, Wilkes & Yancey
Wayne 1779 Dobbs
Wickham 1705 Bath - Name changed to Hyde 1712
Wilkes 1777 Surry & Washington (TN)
Wilson 1855 Edgecombe, Johnston, Nash & Wayne
Yadkin 1850 Surry
Yancey 1833 Buncombe & Burke
*
  • Washington, Sullivan, Davidson, Greene, Hawkins, Sumner & Tennessee Counties, when created were considered in North Carolina. This territory was ceded to the U.S. in 1790. From 1790-1796, this land was known as the "Territory South of the Ohio River". It became the State of Tennessee in 1796.
**
  • Walton County, Georgia was formed erroneously by the State of Georgia inside North Carolina's boundaries in 1803. This caused quite a bit of confusion at the time. The county boundaries are impossible to figure out, but were in the area of Jackson & Transylvania Counties. In 1803-1812, the area was also claimed by Buncombe and Haywood Counties.

North Carolina Facts

  • Capital: Raleigh
  • Entered the Union: 21 Nov 1789
  • As the 12th state
  • Nickname: Tar Heel State
  • Flower: Dogwood
  • Bird: Cardinal
  • Song: The Old North State
  • Origin of Name: In honor of Charles I of England
  • Historical Sites:
    • The Wright Brothers National Memorial at Kitty Hawk
    • Guilford Courthouse and Moores Creek National Military Parks
    • Carl Sandburg's home near Hendersonville
    • The Old Salem Restoration in Winston-Salem
  • Points of Interest:
    • The Great Smoky Mountains
    • Blue Ridge National Parkway
    • Cape Hatteras
    • Cape Lookout National Seashores
  • Bordering States:
    • Georgia
    • South Carolina
    • Tennessee
    • Virginia

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