North Carolina
Statehood: 21 Nov 1789
12th state of the United States
Bordering states:
North: Virginia
South: South Carolina, Georgia
West: Tennessee
Capital: Raleigh
Largest city: Charlotte
Map: North Carolina, 1779 (click map to enlarge), Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.
Counties: North Carolina County Creation Dates and Parent Counties. Counties in 2020: 100.
Personal Library
State of North Carolina
Institutions, Societies, and Government Websites
1776 North Carolina Constitution
North Carolina Digital Collections
The Colonial and State Records, vol. 1-26, Documenting the American South
State Library of North Carolina
Maps
North Carolina Maps, Library of Congress
North Carolina Landowner Maps, Library of Congress
Interactive Map of North Carolina County Formation History, Maps of U.S.
Historical Maps Works: North Carolina
Manuscripts
North Carolina Manuscripts, Archive Grid
North Carolina Manuscripts, Library of Congress
Additional websites
Record Sets-State Level
North Carolina Record Sets
(Ancestry Collections)
North Carolina Record Sets
(Family Search)
Virtual Libraries
State of North Carolina
Biographical History of North Carolina from Colonial Times to the Present, vol. 2, Samuel A. Ashe, 1905.
The Formation of the North Carolina Counties, 1663-1943, David Leroy Corbitt, 1975.
The Historical Records of North Carolina, The County Records of Alamance through Columbus, vol. 1, Charles Christopher Crittenden and Dan Lacy, editors, 1938.
The Historical Records of North Carolina, The County Records of Craven through Moore, vol. 2, Charles Christopher Crittenden and Dan Lacy, editors, 1938.
The Historical Records of North Carolina, The County Records of Nash through Yancey, vol. 3, Charles Christopher Crittenden and Dan Lacy, editors, 1939.
Historical Sketches of North Carolina, From 1584 to 1851, John H. Wheeler, 1851.
The History of North Carolina from the Earliest Period, François Xavier Martin, 1829.
History of North Carolina, North Carolina Biography, vol. 6, 1919.
Marriage and Death Notices from Raleigh Register and North Carolina State Gazette, 1826–1845,, Carrie L. Broughton.
Marriage and Death Notices from Raleigh Register and North Carolina State Gazette, 1856–1857,, Carrie L. Broughton, 1950.
North Carolina Century Farms, 100 Years of Continuous Agricultural Heritage, North Carolina. Department of Agriculture, 1989.
Newspapers
Newspapers.com: North Carolina
Newspapers Archive: North Carolina
Genealogy Bank: North Carolina
Chronicling America, digitized: North Carolina
Community History Archive Newspapers: North Carolina
Small Town Newspapers
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