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There are 100 counties in North Carolina.
Related entries: Counties (history), Places named for Governors
Alamance | Alexander | Alleghany | Anson | Ashe | Avery | Beaufort | Bertie | Bladen | Brunswick | Buncombe | Burke | Cabarrus | Caldwell | Camden | Carteret | Caswell | Catawba | Chatham | Cherokee | Chowan | Clay | Cleveland | Columbus | Craven | Cumberland | Currituck | Dare | Davidson | Davie | Duplin | Durham | Edgecombe | Forsyth | Franklin | Gaston | Gates | Graham | Granville | Greene | Guilford | Halifax | Harnett | Haywood | Henderson | Hertford | Hoke | Hyde | Iredell | Jackson | Johnston | Jones | Lee | Lenoir | Lincoln | McDowell | Macon | Madison | Martin | Mecklenburg | Mitchell | Montgomery | Moore | Nash | New Hanover | Northampton | Onslow | Orange | Pamlico | Pasquotank | Pender | Perquimans | Person | Pitt | Polk | Randolph | Richmond | Robeson | Rockingham | Rowan | Rutherford | Sampson | Scotland | Stanly | Stokes | Surry | Swain | Transylvania | Tyrrell | Union | Vance | Wake | Warren | Washington | Watauga | Wayne | Wilkes | Wilson | Yadkin | Yancey
Defunct Counties:
- Albemarle County, extinct 1689
- Bath County, extinct after 1724
- Bute County, divided into Franklin and Warren counties in 1779
- Clarendon County, abandoned by 1667
- Dobbs County, abolished in 1791
- Glasgow County, renamed Greene County in 1799
- Pamtecough (or Pamticough) County, renamed Beaufort County in 1712
- Tryon County, divided into Lincoln and Rutherford Counties in 1779.
Additional information:
Historical U.S. County Boundaries (1629-2000). Scholars' Lab. University of Virginia Library. http://www.lib.virginia.edu/scholarslab/resources/counties/
10 October 2012





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