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North Carolina

Admitted to the Union on November 21, 1789 as the 12th state.

  • 1790 federal census extant for all counties except Caswell, Granville, and Orange.

  • 1800 federal census extant for all counties.

  • 1810 federal census extant for all counties except Craven, Greene, New Hanover, and Wake.

  • 1820 federal census extant for all counties except Currituck, Franklin, Martin, Montgomery, Randolph, and Wake.

  • 1830 – 1940 federal censuses extant for all counties except for 1890 (see below).

  • 1890 federal census lost for all counties except parts of Gaston County (South Point and River Bend Townships) and Cleveland County (Township No. 2).

Alamance

Alleghany

Beaufort

Bladen

Buncombe

Cabarrus

Camden

Caswell

Chatham

Chowan

Cleveland

Craven

Currituck

Davidson

Duplin

Edgecombe

Franklin

Granville

Guilford

Harnett

Henderson

Iredell

Johnston

Lincoln

Martin

Mitchell

New Hanover

Onslow

Pamlico

Pender

Person

Richmond

Rockingham

Rutherford

Scotland

Stokes

Tyrrell

Warren

Watauga

Wilkes

Yadkin

Alexander

Bertie

Brunswick

Caldwell

Carteret

Catawba

Cherokee

Columbus

Cumberland

Durham

Forsyth

Gaston

Graham

Greene

Halifax

Haywood

Hertford

Jackson

Lenoir

McDowell

Madison

Mecklenburg

Montgomery

Northampton

Orange

Pasquotank

Perquimans

Randolph

Robeson

Sampson

Stanly

Transylvania

Washington

Wilson

Yancey

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