NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY DEVELOPMENT Genealogical Services Branch State Library of North Carolina Raleigh, NC Code County Date Parent(s) .001 Alamance 1849 Orange .002 Albemarle 1664 Original County; abolished 1739 .003 Alexander 1847 Iredell, Caldwell, Wilkes .004 Alleghany 1859 Ashe .005 Anson 1750 Bladen .006 Ashe 1799 Wilkes .007 Avery 1911 Mitchell, Watauga, Caldwell .008 Bath 1696 Original County; abolished 1739 .009 Beaufort 1705 Bath .010 Bertie 1722 Chowan .011 Bladen 1734 New Hanover .012 Brunswick 1764 New Hanover, Bladen .013 Buncombe 1791 Burke, Rutherford .014 Burke 1777 Rowan .015 Bute 1764 Granville; abolished 1779 .016 Cabarrus 1792 Mecklenburg .017 Caldwell 1841 Burke, Wilkes .018 Camden 1777 Pasquotank .019 Carteret 1722 Craven .020 Caswell 1777 Orange .021 Catawba 1842 Lincoln .022 Chatham 1771 Orange .023 Cherokee 1839 Macon .024 Chowan 1668 Albemarle Clarendon 1664 Original County; abandoned 1667 .025 Clay 1861 Cherokee .026 Cleveland 1841 Rutherford, Lincoln .027 Columbus 1808 Brunswick, Bladen .028 Craven 1705 Bath .029 Cumberland 1754 Bladen .030 Currituck 1668 Albemarle .031 Dare 1870 Currituck, Tyrrell, Hyde .032 Davidson 1822 Rowan .033 Davie 1836 Rowan .034 Dobbs 1758 Johnston; abolished 1791 .035 Duplin 1750 New Hanover .036 Durham 1881 Orange, Wake .037 Edgecombe 1741 Bertie .038 Forsyth 1849 Stokes .039 Franklin 1779 Bute .040 Gaston 1846 Lincoln .041 Gates 1779 Chowan, Hertford, Perquimans .042 Glasgow 1791 Dobbs; abolished 1799 .043 Graham 1872 Cherokee .044 Granville 1746 Edgecombe .045 Greene 1799 Glasgow .046 Guilford 1771 Rowan, Orange .047 Halifax 1758 Edgecombe .048 Harnett 1855 Cumberland .049 Haywood 1808 Buncombe .050 Henderson 1838 Buncombe .051 Hertford 1759 Chowan, Bertie, Northampton .052 Hoke 1911 Cumberland, Robeson .053 Hyde 1705 Bath .054 Iredell 1788 Rowan .055 Jackson 1851 Haywood, Macon .056 Johnston 1746 Craven .057 Jones 1779 Craven .058 Lee 1907 Moore, Chatham .059 Lenoir 1791 Dobbs .060 Lincoln 1779 Tryon .061 Macon 1828 Haywood .062 Madison 1851 Buncombe, Yancey .063 Martin 1774 Halifax, Tyrrell .064 McDowell 1842 Rutherford, Burke .065 Mecklenburg 1762 Anson .066 Mitchell 1861 Yancey, Watauga, Caldwell, Burke, McDowell .067 Montgomery 1779 Anson .068 Moore 1784 Cumberland .069 Nash 1777 Edgecombe .070 New Hanover 1729 Craven .071 Northampton 1741 Bertie .072 Onslow 1734 New Hanover .073 Orange 1752 Johnston, Bladen, Granville .074 Pamlico 1872 Craven, Beaufort .075 Pasquotank 1668 Albemarle .076 Pender 1875 New Hanover .077 Perquimans 1668 Albemarle .078 Person 1791 Caswell .079 Pitt 1760 Beaufort .080 Polk 1855 Rutherford, Henderson .081 Randolph 1779 Guilford .082 Richmond 1779 Anson .083 Robeson 1787 Bladen .084 Rockingham 1785 Guilford .085 Rowan 1753 Anson .086 Rutherford 1779 Tryon .087 Sampson 1784 Duplin .088 Scotland 1899 Richmond .089 Stanly 1841 Montgomery .090 Stokes 1789 Surry .091 Swain 1871 Jackson, Macon .092 Surry 1771 Rowan .093 Transylvania 1861 Henderson, Jackson .094 Tryon 1768 Mecklenburg; abolished 1779 .095 [Not assigned] .096 Tyrrell 1729 Chowan, Bertie, Currituck, Pasquotank .097 Union 1842 Anson, Mecklenburg .098 Vance 1881 Granville, Warren, Franklin .099 Wake 1771 Johnston, Cumberland, Orange .100 Warren 1779 Bute .101 Washington 1799 Tyrrell .102 Watauga 1849 Ashe, Wilkes, Caldwell, Yancey .103 Wayne 1779 Dobbs .104 Wilkes 1777 Surry, District of Washington .105 Wilson 1855 Edgecombe, Nash, Johnston, Wayne .106 Yadkin 1850 Surry .107 Yancey 1833 Burke, Buncombe