Table of Contents 

  1. Background Articles
  2. Topics in North Carolina Settlement and Demographic History
  3. Settlement Communities

Background Articles on the settlement of North Carolina

Population
Native American Settlement of North Carolina
The Archaeology of Early North Carolina
Settlement Patterns
Settlement of the Coastal Plain, 1650-1775
Settlement of the Piedmont, 1730-1775
Settlement of the Mountains 1775-1838
North Carolina County Development Timeline Map 1664-1911
European Exploration
Land Grants

Topics in North Carolina Settlement and Demographic History

Colonization Societies
English Dialects
Forced Migration of African Americans
Immigrant Colonies
Immigration
Language Tells North Carolina History
Lords Proprietors
Maps
Migrant Workers
Refugees (World War II)
Slavery
Cherokee

Settlement Communities

Argyll Colony
Backcountry
Bethabara
Bladen County in the 1700s
Cape Fear River Settlements
Charles Towne
Crofter Immigration
Fort San Juan
German Settlers
The Highland Scots
Huguenots
James City
Latino People in North Carolina
Montagnards
Moravians
First English Colonies
Scottish Settlers
Settlers of the Albemarle
Swiss and Palatine Settlers
Trading Ford
Transylvania Company
Waldensians
Watauga Settlement
Weapemeoc Indians
Welsh Settlers

Image Credits:

Mother and child in papoose, Qualla Boundary.  Photograph. 1941.  N.C. Department of Commerce. Travel & Tourism Photos, State Archives of N.C.  https://digital.ncdcr.gov/Documents/Detail/mother-and-child-in-papoose-on-qualla-boundary./346972 (accessed May 28,2 015). Image under copyright.

Citation

"Exploring North Carolina: Settlement." NCpedia. NCpedia. Accessed on January 28th, 2025. https://ncpedia.org/exploring-north-carolina-settlement.