Source:Atlas of Historical County Boundaries (North Carolina)
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| Place pages | • Tyrrell County, North Carolina
• Bertie County, North Carolina • Rowan County, North Carolina • Guilford County, North Carolina • Beaufort County, North Carolina • Mecklenburg County, North Carolina • Cabarrus County, North Carolina • Hyde County, North Carolina • Tryon County, North Carolina • Albemarle County, North Carolina • Perquimans County, North Carolina • Carteret Precinct, North Carolina (original) • Chowan County, North Carolina • Currituck County, North Carolina • Pasquotank County, North Carolina • Bath County, North Carolina • Craven County, North Carolina • Carteret County, North Carolina • New Hanover County, North Carolina • Onslow County, North Carolina • Bladen County, North Carolina • Edgecombe County, North Carolina • Northampton County, North Carolina • Johnston County, North Carolina • Granville County, North Carolina • Anson County, North Carolina • Duplin County, North Carolina • Orange County, North Carolina • Cumberland County, North Carolina • Halifax County, North Carolina • Dobbs County, North Carolina • Hertford County, North Carolina • Pitt County, North Carolina • Brunswick County, North Carolina • Bute County, North Carolina • Wake County, North Carolina • Chatham County, North Carolina • Surry County, North Carolina • Martin County, North Carolina • Camden County, North Carolina • Caswell County, North Carolina • Burke County, North Carolina • Nash County, North Carolina • Washington County, Tennessee • Wilkes County, North Carolina • Montgomery County, North Carolina • Gates County, North Carolina • Jones County, North Carolina • Randolph County, North Carolina • Franklin County, North Carolina • Warren County, North Carolina • Lincoln County, North Carolina • Rutherford County, North Carolina • Richmond County, North Carolina • Wayne County, North Carolina • Sullivan County, Tennessee • Davidson County, Tennessee • Greene County, Tennessee • Sampson County, North Carolina • Fayette County, North Carolina • Moore County, North Carolina • Rockingham County, North Carolina • Robeson County, North Carolina • Sumner County, Tennessee • Hawkins County, Tennessee • Iredell County, North Carolina • Stokes County, North Carolina • Buncombe County, North Carolina • Glasgow County, North Carolina • Greene County, North Carolina • Lenoir County, North Carolina • Person County, North Carolina • Washington County, North Carolina • Ashe County, North Carolina • Columbus County, North Carolina • Haywood County, North Carolina • Davidson County, North Carolina • Macon County, North Carolina • Yancey County, North Carolina • Davie County, North Carolina • Henderson County, North Carolina • Cherokee County, North Carolina • Caldwell County, North Carolina • Cleveland County, North Carolina • Stanly County, North Carolina • Union County, North Carolina • Mcdowell County, North Carolina • Catawba County, North Carolina • Gaston County, North Carolina • Alexander County, North Carolina • Polk County, North Carolina • Forsyth County, North Carolina • Watauga County, North Carolina • Alamance County, North Carolina • Madison County, North Carolina • Jackson County, North Carolina • Yadkin County, North Carolina • Harnett County, North Carolina • Wilson County, North Carolina • Alleghany County, North Carolina • Transylvania County, North Carolina • Mitchell County, North Carolina • Clay County, North Carolina • Dare County, North Carolina • Swain County, North Carolina • Graham County, North Carolina • Pamlico County, North Carolina • Pender County, North Carolina • Durham County, North Carolina • Vance County, North Carolina • Scotland County, North Carolina • Lee County, North Carolina • Hoke County, North Carolina • Avery County, North Carolina |
| Places mentioned | • Alamance County, North Carolina • Albemarle County, North Carolina • Alexander County, North Carolina • Alleghany County, North Carolina • Anson County, North Carolina • Archdale Precinct, North Carolina • Ashe County, North Carolina • Avery County, North Carolina • Bath County, North Carolina • Beaufort County, North Carolina • Beaufort Precinct, North Carolina • Berkeley Precinct, North Carolina • Bertie County, North Carolina • Bertie Precinct, North Carolina • Bladen County, North Carolina • Bladen Precinct, North Carolina • Brunswick County, North Carolina • Buncombe County, North Carolina • Burke County, North Carolina • Bute County, North Carolina • Cabarrus County, North Carolina • Caldwell County, North Carolina • Camden County, North Carolina • Carteret County, North Carolina • Carteret Precinct, North Carolina • Caswell County, North Carolina • Catawba County, North Carolina • Chatham County, North Carolina • Cherokee County, North Carolina • Chowan County, North Carolina • Chowan Precinct, North Carolina • Clay County, North Carolina • Cleveland County, North Carolina • Columbus County, North Carolina • Craven County, North Carolina • Craven Precinct, North Carolina • Cumberland County, North Carolina • Currituck County, North Carolina • Currituck Precinct, North Carolina • Dare County, North Carolina • Davidson County, North Carolina • Davidson County, Tennessee • Davie County, North Carolina • Dobbs County, North Carolina • Duplin County, North Carolina • Durham County, North Carolina • Edgecombe County, North Carolina • Fayette County, North Carolina • Forsyth County, North Carolina • Franklin County, North Carolina • Gaston County, North Carolina • Gates County, North Carolina • Glasgow County, North Carolina • Graham County, North Carolina • Granville County, North Carolina • Greene County, North Carolina • Greene County, Tennessee • Guilford County, North Carolina • Halifax County, North Carolina • Harnett County, North Carolina • Hawkins County, Tennessee • Haywood County, North Carolina • Henderson County, North Carolina • Hertford County, North Carolina • Hoke County, North Carolina • Hyde County, North Carolina • Hyde Precinct, North Carolina • Iredell County, North Carolina • Jackson County, North Carolina • Johnston County, North Carolina • Jones County, North Carolina • Lee County, North Carolina • Lenoir County, North Carolina • Lincoln County, North Carolina • Macon County, North Carolina • Madison County, North Carolina • Martin County, North Carolina • Mcdowell County, North Carolina • Mecklenburg County, North Carolina • Mitchell County, North Carolina • Montgomery County, North Carolina • Moore County, North Carolina • Nash County, North Carolina • New Hanover County, North Carolina • New Hanover Precinct, North Carolina • Northampton County, North Carolina • Onslow County, North Carolina • Onslow Precinct, North Carolina • Orange County, North Carolina • Pamlico County, North Carolina • Pamptecough Precinct, North Carolina • Pasquotank County, North Carolina • Pasquotank Precinct, North Carolina • Pender County, North Carolina • Perquimans County, North Carolina • Perquimans Precinct, North Carolina • Person County, North Carolina • Pitt County, North Carolina • Polk County, North Carolina • Randolph County, North Carolina • Richmond County, North Carolina • Robeson County, North Carolina • Rockingham County, North Carolina • Rowan County, North Carolina • Rutherford County, North Carolina • Sampson County, North Carolina • Scotland County, North Carolina • Shaftesbury Precinct, North Carolina • Stanly County, North Carolina • Stokes County, North Carolina • Sullivan County, Tennessee • Sumner County, Tennessee • Surry County, North Carolina • Swain County, North Carolina • Transylvania County, North Carolina • Tryon County, North Carolina • Tyrrell County, North Carolina • Tyrrell Precinct, North Carolina • Union County, North Carolina • Vance County, North Carolina • Wake County, North Carolina • Warren County, North Carolina • Washington County, North Carolina • Washington County, Tennessee • Watauga County, North Carolina • Wayne County, North Carolina • Wickham Precinct, North Carolina • Wilkes County, North Carolina • Wilson County, North Carolina • Yadkin County, North Carolina • Yancey County, North Carolina |
Timeline
Below is a list of events that are evidenced by this source. They should appear in the 'Timeline' section of articles about people and places involved in the events.
- January 7, 1665 - Albemarle County created as one of three original counties (the only one in present North Carolina) by the Carolina Lords Proprietors; boundary limits were indefinite[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - circa 1671 - Berkeley Precinct (now Perquimans County) created in Albemarle County; southern boundary limit, below Albermarle Sound, was indefinite[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - circa 1671 - Carteret Precinct (original) created in Albemarle County; southern boundary limit, below Albermarle Sound, was indefinite[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - circa 1671 - Shaftesbury Precinct (now Chowan County) created in Albemarle County; southern and western boundary limits were indefinite[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - circa 1684 - Currituck Precinct (now Currituck County) created from Carteret Precinct (original), extinct in Albemarle County; Carteret Precinct eliminated[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - circa 1684 - Pasquotank Precinct (now Pasquotank County) created from Carteret Precinct (original, extinct) in Albemarle County; Carteret Precinct eliminated[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - circa 1684 - Shaftesbury Precinct renamed Chowan Precinct[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - circa 1684 - Berkeley Precinct renamed Perquimans Precinct[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 9, 1696 - Bath County created for the Pamlico Sound region[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 3, 1705 - Wickham Precinct (now Hyde County) created in Bath County; northern boundary limit was indefinite[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 3, 1705 - Pamptecough Precinct (now Beaufort County) created in Bath County; northwestern boundary limit was indefinite[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 3, 1705 - Archdale Precinct (now Craven County) created in Bath County; northwestern boundary limit was indefinite. Bath County effectively eliminated as a unit of government[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - circa 1712 - Pamptecough Precinct renamed Beaufort Precinct (now Beaufort County); northern boundary limit was indefinite[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - circa 1712 - Archdale Precinct, North Carolina renamed Craven Precinct (now Craven County); northern boundary limit was indefinite[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - circa 1712 - Wickham Precinct renamed Hyde Precinct (now Hyde County); northern boundary limit was indefinite[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - August 8, 1722 - Carteret Precinct (second, now Carteret County) created from unorganized territory south of Craven Precinct[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - August 8, 1722 - Craven Precinct (now Craven County) expanded to cover all settlements on Neuse and Trent Rivers; northwestern boundary limit was indefinite[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - October 2, 1722 - Chowan Precinct (now Chowan County) lost to the creation of Bertie Precinct (now Bertie County)[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - October 2, 1722 - Bertie Precinct (now Bertie County) created from Chowan Precinct (now Chowan County) and unorganized territory; western boundary limit was indefinite[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - November 27, 1729 - Bertie Precinct (now Bertie County) lost to the creation of Tyrrell Precinct (now Tyrrell County)[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - November 27, 1729 - Chowan Precinct (now Chowan County) lost to the creation of Tyrrell Precinct (now Tyrrell County)[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - November 27, 1729 - Pasquotank Precinct (now Pasquotank County) lost to the creation of Tyrrell Precinct (now Tyrrell County)[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - November 27, 1729 - Perquimans Precinct (now Perquimans County) lost to the creation of Tyrrell Precinct (now Tyrrell County)[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - November 27, 1729 - New Hanover Precinct (now New Hanover County) created from unorganized territory; northwestern boundary limit was indefinite[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - November 27, 1729 - Tyrrell Precinct (now Tyrrell County) created from Bertie Precinct (now Bertie County), Chowan Precinct (now Chowan County), Pasquotank Precinct (now Pasquotank County), and Perquimans Precinct (now Perquimans County)[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - November 27, 1729 - Hyde Precinct 's northern boundary (previously an indefinite limit) first defined in definition of Tyrrell Precinct's southern boundary[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - 1734 - Carteret Precinct (second, now Carteret County) lost to the creation of Onslow Precinct (now Onslow County)[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - 1734 - Onslow Precinct (now Onslow County) created from Carteret Precinct (now Carteret County) and New Hanover Precinct (now New Hanover County)[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - 1734 - New Hanover Precinct (now New Hanover County) lost to the creation of Bladen Precinct (now Bladen County) and Onslow Precinct (now Onslow County); northwestern boundary limit for New Hanover remained indefinite[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - 1734 - Bladen Precinct (now Bladen County) created from New Hanover Precinct (now New Hanover County); western boundary limit was indefinite[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - March 6, 1739 - Beaufort Precinct became Beaufort County by legislative act[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - March 6, 1739 - Bertie Precinct became Bertie County by legislative act[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - March 6, 1739 - Bladen Precinct became Bladen County by legislative act[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - March 6, 1739 - Carteret Precinct (second) became Carteret County by legislative act[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - March 6, 1739 - Chowan Precinct became Chowan County by legislative act[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - March 6, 1739 - Craven Precinct became Craven County by legislative act[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - March 6, 1739 - Currituck Precinct became Currituck County by legislative act[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - March 6, 1739 - Hyde Precinct became Hyde County by legislative act[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - March 6, 1739 - New Hanover Precinct became New Hanover County by legislative act[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - March 6, 1739 - Onslow Precinct became Onslow County by legislative act[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - March 6, 1739 - Pasquotank Precinct became Pasquotank County by legislative act[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - March 6, 1739 - Perquimans Precinct became Perquimans County by legislative act[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - March 6, 1739 - Tyrrell Precinct became Tyrrell County by legislative act[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - April 4, 1741 - Part of Beaufort County lost to the creation of Edgecombe County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - April 4, 1741 - Part of Bertie County lost to the creation of Edgecombe County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - April 4, 1741 - Part of Craven County lost to the creation of Edgecombe County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - April 4, 1741 - Edgecombe County created from Beaufort County, Bertie County, and Craven County; western boundary limit was indefinite[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - before December 31, 1741 - Part of Bertie County lost to the creation of Northampton County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - before December 31, 1741 - Northampton County created from Bertie County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - April 20, 1745 - Part of Currituck County lost to Hyde County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - April 20, 1745 - Hyde County gained from Currituck County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - June 28, 1746 - Part of Craven County lost to the creation of Johnston County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - June 28, 1746 - Johnston County created from Craven County; western boundary limit was indefinite[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - June 28, 1746 - Part of Edgecombe County lost to the creation of Granville County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - June 28, 1746 - Granville County created from Edgecombe County; western boundary limit was indefinite[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - March 17, 1750 - Part of Bladen County lost to the creation of Anson County; northwestern boundary limit remained indefinite[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - March 17, 1750 - Anson County created from Bladen County; western boundary limit was indefinite[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - March 17, 1750 - Part of New Hanover County lost to the creation of Duplin County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - March 17, 1750 - Duplin County created from New Hanover County; northwestern boundary limit was indefinite[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - June 12, 1751 - Part of New Hanover County lost to Duplin County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - June 12, 1751 - Duplin County gained from New Hanover County; northwestern boundary limit remained indefinite[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - March 31, 1752 - Part of Bladen County lost to the creation of Orange County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - March 31, 1752 - Part of Granville County lost to the creation of Orange County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - March 31, 1752 - Part of Johnston County lost to the creation of Orange County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - March 31, 1752 - Orange County created from Bladen County, Granville County, and Johnston County; western boundary limit was indefinite[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - March 27, 1753 - Part of Granville County lost to Orange County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - March 27, 1753 - Part of Anson County lost to the creation of Rowan County; Anson County also gained from unorganized territory; western boundary limit remained indefinite[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - March 27, 1753 - Part of Orange County gained from Granville County and lost to the creation of Rowan County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - March 27, 1753 - Rowan County created from Anson County, Orange County, and unorganized territory; western boundary limit was indefinite[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - February 19, 1754 - Part of Bladen County lost to the creation of Cumberland County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - February 19, 1754 - Cumberland County created from Bladen County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - April 8, 1754 - Non-County Area created when King George II repealed the acts of the N.C. legislature creating: Bertie, Bladen, Onslow, and Tyrrell Precincts (which had become counties in 1738/1739), and Anson County, Duplin County, Edgecombe County, Granville County, Johnston County, and Northampton County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - circa September 1, 1756 - Anson County re-created by the legislature in response to the Crown Instructions of 1 Jul 1755 (authorizing reenactment of creations repealed on April 8, 1754)[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - circa September 1, 1756 - Bertie County re-created by the legislature in response to the Crown Instructions of 1 Jul 1755 (authorizing reenactment of creations repealed on April 8, 1754)[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - circa September 1, 1756 - Bladen County re-created by the legislature in response to the Crown Instructions of 1 Jul 1755 (authorizing reenactment of the creations repealed on April 8, 1754)[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - circa September 1, 1756 - Duplin County re-created by the legislature in response to the Crown Instructions of 1 Jul 1755 (authorizing reenactment of the creations repealed on April 8, 1754)[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - circa September 1, 1756 - Edgecombe County re-created by the legislature in response to the Crown Instructions of 1 Jul 1755 (authorizing reenactment of creations repealed on April 8, 1754)[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - circa September 1, 1756 - Granville County re-created by the legislature in response to the Crown Instructions of 1 Jul 1755 (authorizing reenactment of the creations repealed on April 8, 1754)[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - circa September 1, 1756 - Johnston County re-created by the legislature in response to the Crown Instructions of 1 Jul 1755 (authorizing reenactment of creations repealed on April 8, 1754)[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - circa September 1, 1756 - Northampton County re-created by the legislature in response to the Crown Instructions of 1 Jul 1755 (authorizing reenactment of creations repealed on April 8, 1754)[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - circa September 1, 1756 - Onslow County re-created by the legislature in response to the Crown Instructions of 1 Jul 1755 (authorizing reenactment of the creations repealed on April 8, 1754)[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - circa September 1, 1756 - Tyrrell County re-created by the legislature in response to the Crown Instructions of 1 Jul 1755 (authorizing reenactment of creations repealed on April 8, 1754)[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - September 1, 1756 - Non-County Area created when the legislature repealed the creation of Cumberland County, Orange County, and Rowan County, as being inconsistent with the Crown Instructions of July 1, 1755[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - circa September 25, 1756 - Cumberland County re-created by the legislature with the boundaries it had at repeal earlier in the month[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - circa September 25, 1756 - Orange County re-created by the legislature with the boundaries it had at repeal earlier in the month[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - circa September 25, 1756 - Rowan County re-created by the legislature with the boundaries it had at repeal earlier in the month[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - November 1757 - Beaufort County exchanged with Craven County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - November 1757 - Craven County exchanged with Beaufort County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - January 1, 1759 - Part of Edgecombe County lost to the creation of Halifax County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - January 1, 1759 - Halifax County created from Edgecombe County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - April 10, 1759 - Part of Johnston County lost to the creation of Dobbs County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - April 10, 1759 - Dobbs County created from Johnston County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - May 1, 1760 - Part of Bertie County lost to the creation of Hertford County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - May 1, 1760 - Part of Chowan County lost to the creation of Hertford County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - May 1, 1760 - Part of Northampton County lost to the creation of Hertford County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - May 1, 1760 - Hertford County created from Bertie County, Chowan County, and Northampton County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - January 1, 1761 - Part of Beaufort County lost to the creation of Pitt County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - January 1, 1761 - Pitt County created from Beaufort County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - April 23, 1761 - Part of Orange County lost to Johnston County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - April 23, 1761 - Johnston County gained from Orange County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - February 1, 1763 - Part of Anson County lost to the creation of Mecklenburg County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - February 1, 1763 - Mecklenburg County created from Anson County; western boundary limit was indefinite[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - March 9, 1764 - Part of Bladen County lost to the creation of Brunswick County and exchanged with Cumberland County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - March 9, 1764 - Part of New Hanover County lost to the creation of Brunswick County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - March 9, 1764 - Brunswick County created from Bladen County and New Hanover County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - March 9, 1764 - Part of Craven County lost to Dobbs County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - March 9, 1764 - Dobbs County gained from Craven County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - March 9, 1764 - Cumberland County exchanged with Bladen County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - June 10, 1764 - Part of Granville County lost to the creation of Bute County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - June 10, 1764 - Bute County created from Granville County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - March 1, 1765 - Part of Northampton County lost to Hertford County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - March 1, 1765 - Hertford County gained from Northampton County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 1, 1766 - Duplin County exchanged with New Hanover County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 1, 1766 - New Hanover County exchanged with Duplin County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 1, 1767 - Part of Northampton County lost to Bute County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 1, 1767 - Bute County gained from Northampton County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - April 10, 1769 - Part of Mecklenburg County lost to the creation of Tryon County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - April 10, 1769 - Tryon County created from Mecklenburg County and unorganized territory[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - January 26, 1771 - Part of Hyde County lost to Carteret County [part of Ocracoke Island, barrier islands][1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - January 26, 1771 - Carteret County gained from Hyde County [part of Ocracoke Island, barrier islands][1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - January 26, 1771 - Part of Orange County lost to the creation of Guilford County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - January 26, 1771 - Part of Rowan County lost to the creation of Guilford County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - January 26, 1771 - Guilford County created from Orange County and Rowan County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - March 12, 1771 - Part of Cumberland County lost to the creation of Wake County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - March 12, 1771 - Part of Johnston County lost to the creation of Wake County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - March 12, 1771 - Part of Orange County lost to the creation of Wake County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - March 12, 1771 - Wake County created from Cumberland County, Johnston County, and Orange County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - April 1, 1771 - Part of Orange County lost to the creation of Chatham County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - April 1, 1771 - Chatham County created from Orange County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - April 1, 1771 - Part of Rowan County lost to the creation of Surry County; western boundary limit remained indefinite[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - April 1, 1771 - Surry County created from Rowan County; western boundary limit was indefinite[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - March 6, 1773 - Part of Rowan County lost to Surry County; western boundary limit remained indefinite[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - March 6, 1773 - Surry County gained from Rowan County; western boundary limit remained indefinite[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - March 19, 1774 - Part of Halifax County lost to the creation of Martin County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - March 19, 1774 - Part of Tyrrell County lost to the creation of Martin County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - March 19, 1774 - Martin County created from Halifax County and Tyrrell County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - May 9, 1777 - Part of Pasquotank County lost to the creation of Camden County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - May 9, 1777 - Camden County created from Pasquotank County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - June 1, 1777 - Part of Orange County lost to the creation of Caswell County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - June 1, 1777 - Caswell County created from Orange County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - June 1, 1777 - Part of Rowan County lost to the creation of Burke County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - June 1, 1777 - Burke County created from Rowan County; western boundary limit was indefinite[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 24, 1777 - Part of Anson County lost to Bladen County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 24, 1777 - Bladen County gained from Anson County and exchanged with Brunswick County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 24, 1777 - Part of Duplin County lost to Johnston County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 24, 1777 - Johnston County gained from Duplin County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 24, 1777 - Part of Edgecombe County lost to the creation of Nash County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 24, 1777 - Nash County created from Edgecombe County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 24, 1777 - Burke County gained from unorganized territory[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 24, 1777 - Brunswick County exchanged with Bladen County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 24, 1777 - Washington County created by North Carolina from Washington District and unorganized territory, to include all of present state of Tennessee and a part of western North Carolina[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - February 15, 1778 - Part of Surry County lost to the creation of Wilkes County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - February 15, 1778 - Wilkes County created from Surry County and unorganized territory[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - February 12, 1779 - Part of Anson County lost to the creation of Montgomery County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - February 12, 1779 - Montgomery County created from Anson County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - February 12, 1779 - Part of Chowan County lost to the creation of Gates County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - February 12, 1779 - Part of Hertford County lost to the creation of Gates County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - February 12, 1779 - Part of Perquimans County lost to the creation of Gates County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - February 12, 1779 - Gates County created from Chowan County, Hertford County, and Perquimans County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - February 12, 1779 - Part of Craven County lost to the creation of Jones County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - February 12, 1779 - Jones County created from Craven County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - February 12, 1779 - Part of Guilford County lost to the creation of Randolph County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - February 12, 1779 - Randolph County created from Guilford County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - February 12, 1779 - Part of Halifax County lost to Edgecombe County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - February 12, 1779 - Edgecombe County gained from Halifax County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - February 12, 1779 - Franklin County created from Bute County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - February 12, 1779 - Warren County created from Bute County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - February 12, 1779 - Lincoln County created from Tryon County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - February 12, 1779 - Rutherford County created from Tryon County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - November 10, 1779 - Part of Anson County lost to the creation of Richmond County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - November 10, 1779 - Richmond County created from Anson County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - November 10, 1779 - Part of Carteret County lost to Jones County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - November 10, 1779 - Jones County gained from Carteret County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - November 10, 1779 - Part of Dobbs County lost to the creation of Wayne County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - November 10, 1779 - Wayne County created from Dobbs County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - November 10, 1779 - Part of Washington County lost to the creation of Sullivan County; western limit not defined[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - November 10, 1779 - Sullivan County created by North Carolina from Washington County; western limit not defined, but included North Holston and Carters Valley settlements[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - May 12, 1782 - Part of Burke County lost to Lincoln County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - May 12, 1782 - Lincoln County gained from Burke County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - May 17, 1783 - Part of Washington County lost to the creation of Davidson County and Greene County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - May 17, 1783 - Davidson County created by North Carolina from Washington County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - May 17, 1783 - Greene County created by North Carolina from Washington County; precise location of boundary between North Carolina and Virginia remained in dispute[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - June 2, 1784 - Part of Burke County lost to Lincoln County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - June 2, 1784 - Lincoln County gained from Burke County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - June 2, 1784 - Part of Duplin County lost to the creation of Sampson County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - June 2, 1784 - Sampson County created from Duplin County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - July 4, 1784 - Fayette County created from Cumberland County. Cumberland County eliminated[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - July 4, 1784 - Moore County created from Cumberland County. Cumberland County eliminated[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - November 25, 1784 - Part of Moore County lost to re-creation of Cumberland County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - November 25, 1784 - Cumberland County re-created from Fayette County and Moore County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 29, 1785 - Part of Guilford County lost to the creation of Rockingham County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 29, 1785 - Rockingham County created from Guilford County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 29, 1785 - Part of Pitt County lost to Beaufort County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 29, 1785 - Beaufort County gained from Pitt County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - January 1, 1787 - Part of Granville County lost to Warren County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - January 1, 1787 - Warren County gained from Granville County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - January 6, 1787 - Part of Bladen County lost to the creation of Robeson County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - January 6, 1787 - Robeson County created from Bladen County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - January 6, 1787 - Part of Burke County lost to Rutherford County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - January 6, 1787 - Rutherford County gained from Burke County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - January 6, 1787 - Part of Craven County lost to Pitt County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - January 6, 1787 - Pitt County gained from Craven County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - January 6, 1787 - Part of Wake County lost to Franklin County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - January 6, 1787 - Franklin County gained from Wake County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - January 6, 1787 - Part of Davidson County lost to the creation of Sumner County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - January 6, 1787 - Sumner County created by North Carolina from Davidson County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - January 6, 1787 - Part of Greene County lost to the creation of Hawkins County, and implicitly lost to the creation of Non-County Area (Cherokee Reserve) and another Non-County Area[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - January 6, 1787 - Part of Sullivan County lost to the creation of Hawkins County; precise boundary between North Carolina and Virginia remained in dispute[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - January 6, 1787 - Hawkins County created by North Carolina from Greene County and Sullivan County; precise boundary between North Carolina and Virginia remained in dispute[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - January 6, 1787 - Non-County Area (Cherokee Reserve) implicitly created when Greene County lost to the creation of Hawkins County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - January 6, 1787 - Non-County Area implicitly created when that part of Greene County west of Hawkins County reverted to non-county status[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 6, 1788 - Part of Bladen County lost to Robeson County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 6, 1788 - Robeson County gained from Bladen County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 6, 1788 - Part of Brunswick County lost to New Hanover County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 6, 1788 - New Hanover County gained from Brunswick County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 6, 1788 - Part of Carteret County lost to Jones County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 6, 1788 - Part of Dobbs County lost to Jones County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 6, 1788 - Jones County gained from Carteret County and Dobbs County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 6, 1788 - Part of Rowan County lost to the creation of Iredell County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 6, 1788 - Iredell County created from Rowan County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 6, 1788 - Part of Washington County lost to Sullivan County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 6, 1788 - Sullivan County gained from Washington County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 6, 1788 - Part of Davidson County lost to the creation of Tennessee[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 6, 1788 - Tennessee created by North Carolina from Davidson County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 22, 1789 - Part of Bladen County lost to Cumberland County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 22, 1789 - Cumberland County gained from Bladen County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 22, 1789 - Part of Burke County lost to Wilkes County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 22, 1789 - Wilkes County gained from Burke County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 22, 1789 - Part of Surry County lost to the creation of Stokes County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 22, 1789 - Stokes County created from Surry County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - April 2, 1790 - Non-County Area, remnant of Washington County, Tennessee, created when Congress accepted North Carolina's cession of its western lands. All counties in present Tennessee eliminated from North Carolina[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - January 19, 1792 - Part of Burke County lost to the creation of Buncombe County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - January 19, 1792 - Part of Rutherford County lost to the creation of Buncombe County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - January 19, 1792 - Buncombe County created from Burke County and Rutherford County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - January 19, 1792 - Part of Robeson County lost to Cumberland County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - January 19, 1792 - Cumberland County gained from Robeson County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - January 19, 1792 - Glasgow County (now Greene County) created from Dobbs County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - January 19, 1792 - Lenoir County created from Dobbs County. Dobbs County eliminated[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - February 1, 1792 - Part of Caswell County lost to the creation of Person County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - February 1, 1792 - Person County created from Caswell County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 31, 1792 - Part of Mecklenburg County lost to the creation of Cabarrus County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 31, 1792 - Cabarrus County created from Mecklenburg County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 31, 1792 - Part of Wilkes County gained remnant of Washington County remaining in present North Carolina after North Carolina's cession of western lands to Congress in 1790; Wilkes County lost to Surry County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - December 31, 1792 - Surry County gained from Wilkes County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - January 11, 1794 - Part of Burke County lost to Iredell County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - January 11, 1794 - Part of Wilkes County lost to Iredell County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - January 11, 1794 - Iredell County gained from Burke County and Wilkes County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - January 11, 1794 - Part of Glasgow County (now Greene County) lost to Wayne County[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - January 11, 1794 - Wayne County gained from Glasgow County (now Greene County)[1]
<ref name="Newberry Atlas North Carolina" /> - January 11, 1794 - Part of Martin County lost to Edgecombe County[1]
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