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Map showing the population density of North Carolina. The U.S. state of North Carolina is divided into 100 counties.North Carolina ranks 28th in size by area, but has the seventh-highest number of counties in the country.
A Compleat map of North-Carolina from an actual Survey (Map). London: S. Hooper – via University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . "Records of the Executive Council 1664-1734," "Records of the Executive Council 1734-1754," and "Records of the Executive Council 1755-1775," edited by Robert J. Cain, and published by the North Carolina State ...
Carteret County (/ ˌ k ɑːr. t ə ˈ r ɛ t / KAR-tuh-REHT or / ˌ k ɑːr. t ɜːr ˈ ɛ t / KAR-tur-ET) [1] [2] is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 67,686. [3] Its county seat is Beaufort. [4] The county was created in 1722 as Carteret Precinct and gained county status in 1739. [5]
Since the boundaries of Tryon County (part of the Salisbury District) originally stretched into territory which was later found to belong to South Carolina (due to surveying errors), the Salisbury District was, for a time, the legal center of modern-day northwestern South Carolina as well. After the Third North Carolina Provincial Congress held ...
1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 ... Map all coordinates in ... Donnie D. "Slavery in Microcosm: Onslow County, North Carolina." Journal of Negro History 62.4 ...
After 1800, cotton and tobacco became important export crops. ... Map of counties in North Carolina by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census. Legend.
The county is located entirely within the Appalachian Mountains region of North Carolina. Most of the county is located atop a rolling plateau that ranges from 2,500 to 3,000 feet (760 to 910 m) above sea level. On the county's southeastern border the land drops sharply to about 1,500 feet (460 m) in neighboring Wilkes County, North Carolina.
The history of North Carolina from pre-colonial history to the present, covers the experiences of the people who have lived within the territory that now comprises the U.S. state of North Carolina. Findings of the earliest discovered human settlements in present day North Carolina, are found at the Hardaway Site , dating back to approximately ...