North Carolina County Formation: Dates and Parent Counties
By Kelly Agan, North Carolina Government & Heritage Library, 2015
Date |
County |
Formed From (or Date Extinct) |
|---|---|---|
1664 |
Albemarle |
Original county: Extinct 1689 |
1664 |
Clarendon |
Original county: Extinct by 1667 |
1668 |
Chowan |
Albemarle [Shaftesbury, 1670-82] |
1668 |
Currituck |
Albemarle [Carteret, 1670-82] |
1668 |
Pasquotank |
Albemarle [Carteret, 1670-82] |
1668 |
Perquimans |
Albemarle [Berkeley, 1670-82] |
1696 |
Bath |
Original county (extinct after 1724) |
1705 |
Beaufort |
Bath [Pamptecough, 1705-1712] |
1705 |
Craven |
Bath [Archdale, 1705-1712] |
1705 |
Hyde |
Bath [Wickham, 1705-1712] |
1722 |
Bertie |
Chowan |
1722 |
Carteret |
Craven |
1729 |
New Hanover |
Craven |
1729 |
Tyrrell |
Chowan, Bertie, Currituck, Pasquotank |
1734 |
Bladen |
New Hanover |
1734 |
Onslow |
New Hanover |
1741 |
Edgecombe |
Bertie |
1741 |
Northampton |
Bertie |
1746 |
Granville |
Edgecombe |
1746 |
Johnston |
Craven |
1750 |
Anson |
Bladen |
1750 |
Duplin |
New Hanover |
1752 |
Orange |
Johnston, Bladen, Granville |
1753 |
Rowan |
Anson |
1754 |
Cumberland |
Bladen |
1759 |
Dobbs |
Johnston |
1759 |
Halifax |
Edgecombe |
1760 |
Hertford |
Chowan, Bertie, Northampton |
1761 |
Pitt |
Beaufort |
1763 |
Mecklenburg |
Anson |
1764 |
Brunswick |
New Hanover, Bladen |
1764 |
Bute |
Granville |
1768 |
Tryon |
Mecklenburg |
1771 |
Chatham |
Orange |
1771 |
Guilford |
Rowan, Orange |
1771 |
Surry |
Rowan |
1771 |
Wake |
Johnston, Cumberland, Orange |
1774 |
Martin |
Halifax, Tyrrell |
1777 |
Burke |
Rowan |
1777 |
Camden |
Pasquotank |
1777 |
Caswell |
Orange |
1777 |
Nash |
Edgecombe |
1778 |
Wilkes |
Surry, District of Washington |
1779 |
Franklin |
Bute |
1779 |
Gates |
Chowan, Hertford, Perquimans |
1779 |
Jones |
Craven |
1779 |
Lincoln |
Tryon |
1779 |
Montgomery |
Anson |
1779 |
Randolph |
Guilford |
1779 |
Richmond |
Anson |
1779 |
Rutherford |
Tryon |
1779 |
Warren |
Bute |
1779 |
Wayne |
Dobbs |
1784 |
Moore |
Cumberland |
1784 |
Sampson |
Duplin |
1785 |
Rockingham |
Guilford |
1787 |
Robeson |
Bladen |
1788 |
Iredell |
Rowan |
1789 |
Stokes |
Surry |
1791 |
Buncombe |
Burke, Rutherford |
1791 |
Glasgow |
Dobbs |
1791 |
Lenoir |
Dobbs |
1792 |
Cabarrus |
Mecklenburg |
1792 |
Person |
Caswell |
1799 |
Ashe |
Wilkes |
1799 |
Greene |
Glasgow |
1799 |
Washington |
Tyrrell |
1808 |
Columbus |
Brunswick, Bladen |
1808 |
Haywood |
Buncombe |
1822 |
Davidson |
Rowan |
1828 |
Macon |
Haywood |
1833 |
Yancey |
Burke, Buncombe |
1836 |
Davie |
Rowan |
1838 |
Henderson |
Buncombe |
1839 |
Cherokee |
Macon |
1841 |
Caldwell |
Burke, Wilkes |
1841 |
Cleveland |
Rutherford, Lincoln |
1841 |
Stanly |
Montgomery |
1842 |
Catawba |
Lincoln |
1842 |
McDowell |
Rutherford, Burke |
1842 |
Union |
Anson, Mecklenburg |
1846 |
Gaston |
Lincoln |
1847 |
Alexander |
Iredell, Caldwell, Wilkes |
1849 |
Alamance |
Orange |
1849 |
Forsyth |
Stokes |
1849 |
Watauga |
Ashe, Wilkes, Caldwell, Yancey |
1850 |
Yadkin |
Surry |
1851 |
Jackson |
Haywood, Macon |
1851 |
Madison |
Buncombe, Yancey |
1855 |
Harnett |
Cumberland |
1855 |
Polk |
Rutherford, Henderson |
1855 |
Wilson |
Edgecombe, Nash, Johnston, Wayne |
1859 |
Alleghany |
Ashe |
1861 |
Clay |
Cherokee |
1861 |
Mitchell |
Yancey, Watauga, Caldwell, Burke, McDowell |
1861 |
Transylvania |
Henderson, Jackson |
1870 |
Dare |
Currituck, Tyrrell, Hyde |
1871 |
Swain |
Jackson, Macon |
1872 |
Graham |
Cherokee |
1872 |
Pamlico |
Craven, Beaufort |
1875 |
Pender |
New Hanover |
1881 |
Durham |
Orange, Wake |
1881 |
Vance |
Granville, Warren, Franklin |
1899 |
Scotland |
Richmond |
1907 |
Lee |
Moore, Chatham |
1911 |
Avery |
Mitchell, Watauga, Caldwell |
1911 |
Hoke |
Cumberland, Robeson |
Resources:
Corbitt, David Leroy. 2000. The formation of the North Carolina counties, 1663-1943. https://digital.ncdcr.gov/digital/collection/p16062coll9/id/290103.
(This resource is a history of the formation of North Carolina's counties, footnoted with annotations to legislative actions and contains maps and illustrations.)
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28 February 2015 | Agan, Kelly