Did you know? North Carolina

Name	Date of Formation	County Seat	Land Area (Sq. Miles)	Population (2000) (000s)
Alamance	1849	Graham	433	130.8
Alexander	1847	Taylorsville	259	33.6
Alleghany	1859	Sparta	234	10.7
Anson	1750	Wadesboro	533	25.3
Ashe	1799	Jefferson	426	24.4
Avery	1911	Newland	247	17.2
Beaufort	1712	Washington	826	45.0
Bertie	1722	Windsor	701	19.8
Bladen	1734	Elizabethtown	879	32.3
Brunswick	1764	Bolivia	861	73.1
Buncombe	1791	Asheville	659	206.3
Burke	1777	Morganton	505	89.1
Cabarrus	1792	Concord	364	131.1
Caldwell	1841	Lenoir	471	77.4
Camden	1777	Camden	241	6.9
Carteret	1722	Beaufort	525	59.4
Caswell	1777	Yanceyville	427	23.5
Catawba	1842	Newton	396	141.7
Chatham	1771	Pittsboro	708	49.3
Cherokee	1839	Murphy	452	24.3
Chowan	1668	Edenton	181	14.5
Clay	1861	Hayesville	214	8.8
Cleveland	1841	Shelby	468	96.3
Columbus	1808	Whiteville	939	54.7
Craven	1705	New Bern	702	91.4
Cumberland	1754	Fayetteville	657	303.0
Currituck	1668	Currituck	256	18.2
Dare	1870	Manteo	391	30.0
Davidson	1822	Lexington	548	147.2
Davie	1836	Mocksville	267	34.8
Duplin	1750	Kenansville	819	49.1
Durham	1881	Durham	298	223.3
Edgecombe	1741	Tarboro	506	55.6
Forsyth	1849	Winston-Salem	412	306.1
Franklin	1779	Louisburg	494	47.3
Gaston	1846	Gastonia	357	190.4
Gates	1779	Gatesville	338	10.5
Graham	1872	Robbinsville	289	8.0
Granville	1746	Oxford	534	48.5
Greene	1799	Snow Hill	266	19.0
Guilford	1771	Greensboro	651	421.0
Halifax	1759	Halifax	724	57.4
Harnett	1855	Lillington	601	91.0
Haywood	1808	Waynesville	555	54.0
Henderson	1838	Hendersonville	375	89.2
Hertford	1760	Winton	356	22.6
Hoke	1911	Raeford	391	33.6
Hyde	1705	Swan Quarter	624	5.8
Iredell	1788	Statesville	574	122.7
Jackson	1851	Sylva	490	33.1
Johnson	1746	Smithfield	795	122.0
Jones	1779	Trenton	470	10.4
Lee	1907	Sanford	259	49.0
Lenoir	1791	Kinston	402	59.6
Lincoln	1779	Lincolnton	298	63.8
McDowell	1842	Marion	437	42.2
Macon	1828	Franklin	517	29.8
Madison	1851	Marshall	451	19.6
Martin	1774	Williamston	461	25.6
Mecklenburg	1763	Charlotte	528	695.5
Mitchell	1861	Bakersville	222	15.7
Montgomery	1779	Troy	490	26.8
Moore	1784	Carthage	701	74.8
Nash	1777	Nashville	540	87.4
New Hanover	1729	Wilmington	185	160.3
Northampton	1741	Jackson	538	22.1
Onslow	1734	Jacksonville	763	150.4
Orange	1752	Hillsborough	400	118.2
Pamlico	1872	Bayboro	341	12.9
Pasquotank	1668	Elizabeth City	228	34.9
Pender	1875	Burgaw	875	41.1
Perquimans	1668	Hertford	246	11.4
Person	1792	Roxboro	398	35.6
Pitt	1761	Greenville	656	133.8
Polk	1855	Columbus	238	18.3
Randolph	1779	Asheboro	789	130.5
Richmond	1779	Rockingham	477	46.6
Robeson	1786	Lumberton	949	123.3
Rockingham	1785	Wentworth	569	91.9
Rowan	1753	Salisbury	519	130.3
Rutherford	1779	Rutherfordton	568	62.9
Sampson	1784	Clinton	947	60.2
Scotland	1899	Laurinburg	319	36.0
Stanly	1841	Albemarle	396	58.1
Stokes	1789	Danbury	452	44.7
Surry	1771	Dobson	539	71.2
Swain	1871	Bryson City	526	13.0
Transylvania	1861	Brevard	378	29.3
Tyrrell	1729	Columbia	407	4.1
Union	1842	Monroe	639	123.7
Vance	1881	Henderson	249	43.0
Wake	1771	Raleigh	854	627.8
Warren	1779	Warrenton	427	20.0
Washington	1799	Plymouth	332	13.7
Watauga	1849	Boone	314	42.7
Wayne	1779	Goldsboro	554	113.3
Wilkes	1778	Wilkesboro	752	65.6
Wilson	1855	Wilson	374	73.8
Yadkin	1850	Yadkinville	336	36.3
Yancey	1833	Burnsville	314	17.8

North Carolina Counties Map. Image credit: North Carolina Office of Information Technology Services.

Total land area in square miles: 48,843
Total area (land and water) in square miles: 52,586
Total population, 2000 census: 8,049,313