| North Carolina Counties Origins Listing |
|---|
| County | Date Formed |
Parent County | County Seat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alamance |
1849 |
Orange |
Graham |
| Albemarle |
1664 |
Original County |
Abolished 1739 |
| Alexander |
1847 |
Caldwell, Iredell and Wilkes |
Taylorsville |
| Alleghany |
1859 |
Ashe |
Sparta |
| Anson |
1750 |
Bladen |
Wadesboro |
| Ashe |
1799 |
Wilkes |
Jefferson |
| Avery |
1911 |
Caldwell, Mitchell and Watauga |
Newland |
| Bath |
1696 |
Original County |
Abolished 1739 |
| Beaufort |
changed about 1712 |
1st called Pamptecough |
Washington |
| Bertie |
1722 |
Chowan |
Windsor |
| Bladen |
1734 |
New Hanover |
Elizabethtown |
| Brunswick |
1764 |
Bladen and New Hanover |
Bolivia |
| Buncombe |
1791 |
Burke and Rutherford |
Asheville |
| Burke |
1777 |
Rowan |
Morganton |
| Bute |
1764 |
Granville |
Abolished 1779 |
| Cabarrus |
1792 |
Mecklenburg |
Concord |
| Caldwell |
1841 |
Burke and Wilkes |
Lenoir |
| Camden |
1777 |
Pasquotank |
Camden |
| Carteret |
1722 |
Craven |
Beaufort |
| Caswell |
1777 |
Orange |
Yanceyville |
| Catawba |
1842 |
Lincoln |
Newton |
| Chatham |
1771 |
Orange |
Pittsboro |
| Cherokee |
1839 |
Macon |
Murphy |
| Cherokee Reservation |
Qualla Boundary |
Haywood, Jackson, Swain, Clay and Cherokee |
|
| Chowan |
1670 |
Albemarle |
Edenton |
| Clarendon |
1664 |
Original County |
Abandoned 1667 |
| Clay |
1861 |
Cherokee |
Hayesville |
| Cleveland |
1841 |
Lincoln and Rutherford |
Shelby |
| Columbus |
1808 |
Bladen and Brunswick |
Whiteville |
| Craven |
1705 |
Archdale Precinct of Bath County |
New Bern |
| Cumberland |
1754 |
Bladen |
Fayetteville |
| Currituck |
1668 |
Albemarle |
Currituck |
| Dare |
1870 |
Currituck, Hyde and Tyrrell |
Manteo |
| Davidson |
1822 |
Rowan |
Lexington |
| Davie |
1836 |
Rowan |
Mocksville |
| Dobbs |
1758 |
Johnston |
Abolished 1791 |
| Duplin |
1750 |
New Hanover |
Kenansville |
| Durham |
1881 |
Orange and Wake |
Durham |
| Edgecombe |
1741 |
Bertie |
Tarboro |
| Forsyth |
1849 |
Stokes |
Winston-Salem |
| Franklin |
1779 |
Bute |
Louisburg |
| Gaston |
1846 |
Lincoln |
Gastonia |
| Gates |
1779 |
Chowan, Hertford and Perquimans |
Gatesville |
| Glasgow |
1791 |
Dobbs |
Abolished 1799 |
| Graham |
1872 |
Cherokee |
Robbinsville |
| Granville |
1746 |
Edgecome |
Oxford |
| Greene |
1799 |
Glasgow |
Snow Hill |
| Guilford |
1771 |
Orange and Rowan |
Greensboro |
| Halifax |
1758 |
Edgecombe |
Halifax |
| Harnett |
1855 |
Cumberland |
Lillington |
| Haywood |
1808 |
Buncombe |
Waynesville |
| Henderson |
1838 |
Buncombe |
Hendersonville |
| Hertford |
1759 |
Bertie, Chowan and Northampton |
Winton |
| Hoke |
1911 |
Cumberland and Robeson |
Raeford |
| Hyde |
changed about 1712 |
1st called Wickham |
Swan Quarter |
| Iredell |
1788 |
Rowan |
Statesville |
| Jackson |
1851 |
Haywood and Macon |
Sylva |
| Johnston |
1746 |
Craven |
Smithfield |
| Jones |
1779 |
Craven |
Trenton |
| Lee |
1907 |
Chatham and Moore |
Sanford |
| Lenoir |
1791 |
Dobbs |
Kinston |
| Lincoln |
1779 |
Tryon |
Lincolnton |
| Macon |
1828 |
Haywood |
Franklin |
| Madison |
1851 |
Buncombe and Yancey |
Marshall |
| Martin |
1774 |
Halifax and Tyrrell |
Williamston |
| McDowell |
1842 |
Burke and Rutherford |
Marion |
| Mecklenburg |
1762 |
Anson |
Charlotte |
| Mitchell |
1861 |
Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Watauga and Yancey |
Bakersville |
| Montgomery |
1779 |
Anson |
Troy |
| Moore |
1784 |
Cumberland |
Carthage |
| Nash |
1777 |
Edgecombe |
Nashville |
| New Hanover |
1729 |
Craven |
Wilmington |
| Northampton |
1741 |
Bertie |
Jackson |
| Onslow |
1731 |
New Hanover |
Jacksonville |
| Orange |
1752 |
Bladen, Granville and Johnston |
Hillsborough |
| Pamlico |
1872 |
Beaufort and Craven |
Bayboro |
| Pasquotank |
1668 |
Albemarle |
Elizabeth City |
| Pender |
1875 |
New Hanover |
Burgaw |
| Perquimans |
1668 |
Albemarle |
Hertford |
| Person |
1791 |
Caswell |
Roxboro |
| Pitt |
1760 |
Beaufort |
Greenville |
| Polk |
1855 |
Henderson and Rutherford |
Columbus |
| Qualla Boundary |
Cherokee Reservation |
Haywood, Jackson, Swain, Clay and Cherokee |
|
| Randolph |
1779 |
Guilford |
Asheboro |
| Richmond |
1779 |
Anson |
Rockingham |
| Robeson |
1787 |
Bladen |
Lumberton |
| Rockingham |
1785 |
Guilford |
Wentworth |
| Rowan |
1753 |
Anson |
Salisbury |
| Rutherford |
1779 |
Tryon |
Rutherfordton |
| Sampson |
1784 |
Duplin |
Clinton |
| Scotland |
1899 |
Richmond |
Laurinburg |
| Stanly |
1841 |
Montgomery |
Albemarle |
| Stokes |
1789 |
Surry |
Danbury |
| Surry |
1771 |
Rowan |
Dobson |
| Swain |
1871 |
Jackson and Macon |
Bryson City |
| Transylvania |
1861 |
Henderson and Jackson |
Brevard |
| Tryon |
1768 |
Mecklenburg |
Abolished 1779 |
| Tyrrell |
1729 |
Chowan, Currituck and Pasquotank |
Columbia |
| Union |
1842 |
Anson and Mecklenburg |
Monroe |
| Vance |
1881 |
Franklin, Granville and Warren |
Henderson |
| Wake |
1771 |
Cumberland, Johnston and Orange |
Raleigh |
| Warren |
1779 |
Bute |
Warrenton |
| Washington |
1799 |
Tyrrell |
Plymouth |
| Watauga |
1849 |
Ashe, Caldwell, Wilkes and Yancey |
Boone |
| Wayne |
1779 |
Dobbs |
Goldsboro |
| Wilkes |
1777 |
Surry and the District of Washington |
Wilkesboro |
| Wilson |
1855 |
Edgecombe, Johnston, Nash and Wayne |
Wilson |
| Yadkin |
1850 |
Surry |
Yadkinville |
| Yancey |
1833 |
Buncombe and Burke |
Burnsville |
