| Orange County decreased in size in 1771 when
it ceded land for the creation of Chatham County, Guilford County,
and part of Wake County, in 1777 when Caswell County was created,
in 1849 when Alamance County was created, and again in 1881 when
Durham County was created. Its population grew from 12,216 in
1790 to 115,331 in 2000. Click on the maps below to peruse the
known towns and villages that came and went over the past two
centuries and a half - a few cannot be located since they do
not show up on available maps of NC. |
