County formation dates |
County |
Date |
Parent(s) |
Alamance |
1849 |
Orange |
Alexander |
1847 |
Iredell, Caldwell, Wilkes |
Alleghany |
1859 |
Ashe |
Anson |
1750 |
Bladen |
Ashe |
1799 |
Wilkes |
Avery |
1911 |
Mitchell, Watauga, Caldwell |
Beaufort |
1712 |
Bath |
Bertie |
1722 |
Chowan |
Bladen |
1734 |
New Hanover |
Brunswick |
1764 |
New Hanover, Bladen |
Buncombe |
1791 |
Burke, Rutherford |
Burke |
1777 |
Rowan |
Cabarrus |
1792 |
Mecklenburg |
Caldwell |
1841 |
Burke, Wilkes |
Camden |
1777 |
Pasquotank |
Carteret |
1722 |
Craven |
Caswell |
1777 |
Orange |
Catawba |
1842 |
Lincoln |
Chatham |
1771 |
Orange |
Cherokee |
1839 |
Macon |
Chowan |
1668 |
Albemarle |
Clay |
1861 |
Cherokee |
Cleveland |
1841 |
Rutherford, Lincoln |
Columbus |
1808 |
Brunswick, Bladen |
Craven |
1712 |
Bath |
Cumberland |
1754 |
Bladen |
Currituck |
1668 |
Albemarle |
Dare |
1870 |
Currituck, Tyrrell, Hyde |
Davidson |
1822 |
Rowan |
Davie |
1836 |
Rowan |
Duplin |
1750 |
New Hanover |
Durham |
1881 |
Orange, Wake |
Edgecombe |
1741 |
Bertie |
Forsyth |
1849 |
Stokes |
Franklin |
1779 |
Bute |
Gaston |
1846 |
Lincoln |
Gates |
1779 |
Chowan, Hertford, Perquimans |
Graham |
1872 |
Cherokee |
Granville |
1746 |
Edgecombe |
Greene |
1799 |
Glasgow |
Guilford |
1771 |
Rowan, Orange |
Halifax |
1758 |
Edgecombe |
Harnett |
1855 |
Cumberland |
Haywood |
1808 |
Buncombe |
Henderson |
1838 |
Buncombe |
Hertford |
1759 |
Chowan, Bertie, Northampton |
Hoke |
1911 |
Cumberland, Robeson |
Hyde |
1712 |
Bath |
Iredell |
1788 |
Rowan |
Jackson |
1851 |
Haywood, Macon |
Johnston |
1746 |
Craven |
Jones |
1779 |
Craven |
Lee |
1907 |
Moore, Chatham |
Lenoir |
1791 |
Dobbs |
Lincoln |
1779 |
Tryon |
Macon |
1828 |
Haywood |
Madison |
1851 |
Buncombe, Yancey |
Martin |
1774 |
Halifax, Tyrrell |
McDowell |
1842 |
Rutherford, Burke |
Mecklenburg |
1762 |
Anson |
Mitchell |
1861 |
Yancey, Watauga, Caldwell, Burke, McDowell |
Montgomery |
1779 |
Anson |
Moore |
1784 |
Cumberland |
Nash |
1777 |
Edgecombe |
New Hanover |
1729 |
Craven |
Northampton |
1741 |
Bertie |
Onslow |
1734 |
New Hanover |
Orange |
1752 |
Johnston, Bladen, Granville |
Pamlico |
1872 |
Craven, Beaufort |
Pasquotank |
1668 |
Albemarle |
Pender |
1875 |
New Hanover |
Perquimans |
1668 |
Albemarle |
Person |
1791 |
Caswell |
Pitt |
1760 |
Beaufort |
Polk |
1855 |
Rutherford, Henderson |
Randolph |
1779 |
Guilford |
Richmond |
1779 |
Anson |
Robeson |
1787 |
Bladen |
Rockingham |
1785 |
Guilford |
Rowan |
1753 |
Anson |
Rutherford |
1779 |
Tryon |
Sampson |
1784 |
Duplin |
Scotland |
1899 |
Richmond |
Stanly |
1841 |
Montgomery |
Stokes |
1789 |
Surry |
Swain |
1871 |
Jackson, Macon |
Surry |
1771 |
Rowan |
Transylvania |
1861 |
Henderson, Jackson |
Tyrrell |
1729 |
Chowan, Bertie, Currituck, Pasquotank |
Union |
1842 |
Anson, Mecklenburg |
Vance |
1881 |
Granville, Warren, Franklin |
Wake |
1771 |
Johnston, Cumberland, Orange |
Warren |
1779 |
Bute |
Washington |
1799 |
Tyrrell |
Watauga |
1849 |
Ashe, Wilkes, Caldwell, Yancey |
Wayne |
1779 |
Dobbs |
Wilkes |
1777 |
Surry, District of Washington |
Wilson |
1855 |
Edgecombe, Nash, Johnston, Wayne |
Yadkin |
1850 |
Surry |
Yancey |
1833 |
Burke, Buncombe |