
| North Carolina County Formation years | ||||||||||||||
| 1664 | 1667 | 1670 | 1681 | 1685 | 1689 | 1769 | 1705 | 1710 | 1712 | 1722 | 1729 | 1734 | 1741 | 1745 |
| 1746 | 1750 | 1752 | 1753 | 1754 | 1757 | 1758 | 1759 | 1760 | 1762 | 1764 | 1768 | 1770 | 1773 | 1774 |
| 1776 | 1777 | 1778 | 1779 | 1782 | 1783 | 1784 | 1785 | 1786 | 1787 | 1788 | 1789 | 1790 | 1791 | 1792 |
| 1793 | 1795 | 1796 | 1798 | 1799 | 1801 | 1803 | 1804 | 1805 | 1808 | 1811 | 1812 | 1815 | 1819 | 1821 |
| 1822 | 1823 | 1828 | 1833 | 1836 | 1838 | 1839 | 1841 | 1842 | 1844 | 1845 | 1846 | 1847 | 1848 | 1849 |
| 1850 | 1851 | 1852 | 1855 | 1859 | 1861 | 1869 | 1870 | 1871 | 1872 | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 | 1877 | 1881 |
| 1883 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1895 | 1897 | 1899 | 1907 | 1911 | 1921 | 1925 | 1927 | 1965 | ||
| North Carolina Census Year with Modern Map overlayed: | ||||||||||||||
| 1790 | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 |
| North Carolina Map Abbreviations | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unorg. = unorganized g. = gained w. = with fr. = from atmt. = attachment exch = exchanged nca.= non county area ch. = changed Ala - Alamance All - Alleghany Alx - Alexander An - Anson As - Ashe Av - Avery Bft - Beaufort Bl - Bladen Br - Brunswick Brt - Bertie Bun - Buncombe Bur - Burke |
Cab - Cabarrus Cal - Caldwell Cam - Camden Car - Carteret Cas - Caswell Cat - Catawba Cle - Cleveland Cly - Clay Co - Columbus Cr - Craven Crk - Cherokee Ctm - Chatham Cum - Cumberland Cur - Currituck Cwn - Chowan Dar - Dare Dup - Duplin Dur - Durham Dve - Davie Dvs - Davidson Ed - Edgecombe Fo - Forsyth |
Fr - Franklin Gas - Gaston Gat - Gates Ghm - Graham Gre - Greene Gu - Guilford Gvl - Granville Hal - Halifax Har - Harnett Hay - Haywood Hen - Henderson Her - Hertford Ho - Hoke Hy - Hyde Ir - Iredell Ja - Jackson Jon - Jones Jst - Johnston Lee - Lee Len - Lenoir Li - Lincoln Mac - Macon |
Mad - Madison Mar - Martin McD - McDowell Me - Mecklenburg Mi - Mitchell Mon - Montgomery Moo - Moore Na - Nash NH - New Hanover No - Northampton On - Onslow Or - Orange Pam - Pamlico Pas - Pasquotank Pen - Pender Pi - Pitt Po - Polk Pqm - Perquimans Psn - Person Ra - Randolph Rck - Rockingham Ri - Richmond |
Rob - Robeson Ru - Rutherford Rwn - Rowan Sa - Sampson Sc - Scotland Stk - Stokes Sty - Stanly Sur - Surry Sw - Swain Tra - Transylvania Ty - Tyrrell Un - Union Va - Vance Wak - Wake War - Warren Was - Washington Wat - Watauga Way - Wayne Wlk - Wilkes Wsn - Wilson Yad - Yadkin Yan - Yancey |
These are scanned from the original copies so you can see the North Carolina and North Carolina counties as our ancestors saw them over a hundred years ago. Some North Carolina maps years (not all) have cities, railroads, P.O. locations, township outlines and other features useful to the avid genealogist in North Carolina.
Images are between 1 meg and 5 megs in size so allow a few moments to load if you are using a dial-up connection. Disclaimer: All North Carolina maps are free to use for your own genealogical purposes and may not be reproduced for resale or distribution.
Source: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
North Carolina Maps
Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers - Maps are an invaluable part of family history research, especially if you live far from where your ancestor lived. Because political boundaries often changed, historic maps are critical in helping you discover the precise location of your ancestor's hometown, what land they owned, who their neighbors were, and more.