| Town |
Established |
Settled By |
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| Tar
Landing |
1730 |
From Bertie County. English/Welsh heritage. |
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| Tarrburg |
1730 |
Settlers from Virginia. English/Welsh heritage. |
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| New
Carthage |
1733 |
English/Welsh in the 1720s. |
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| Brook
Field |
1737 |
Settlers from Virginia. English/Welsh heritage. |
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| Elizabeth |
1738 |
English/Welsh in the 1720s. |
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| Woodstock |
1738 |
Settlers from Virginia. English/Welsh heritage. |
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| Enfield |
1740 |
From Bertie County. English/Welsh herigate. |
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| Johnston |
1741 |
Locals who had been in Onslow County for years. |
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| Northampton
Court House |
1741 |
From Bertie County. English/Welsh herigate. |
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| Sarecta |
1744 |
Henry McCulloch's pet town in northern New Hanover
(now Duplin). English/Welsh. |
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| Harrisburgh |
1746 |
Settlers from Edgecombe County. English/Welsh
heritage. |
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| Nixon's
Town |
1746 |
Locals who had been in Pasquotank County for
years. From Virginia in 1650s. |
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| Tyrrell
Court House |
1748 |
Locals who had been in Tyrrell County for years. |
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|
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| Mint
Hill |
1750 |
Scots-Irish and Germans from Pennsylvania. |
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| Cashy |
1751 |
Locals who had been in Bertie County for years. |
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| Hinton's
Quarter |
1752 |
Locals who had been in Johnston County for years.
English/Scots-Irish heritage. |
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|
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| Bethabara |
1753 |
Moravians from Pennsylvania. |
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|
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| Portsmouth |
1753 |
Settlers from Craven County. English/Welsh heritage. |
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|
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| Cumberland
Court House |
1754 |
Highland Scots and settlers from Bladen. |
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| Hillsborough |
1754 |
Scots-Irish from Pennsylvania. |
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| Anson
Court House |
1755 |
Settlers from Bladen County. English/Scots-Irish
heritage. |
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|
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| Currituck
Court House |
1755 |
Settlers from Virginia. English/Welsh heritage. |
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|
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| Duplin
Court House |
1755 |
Settlers from New Hanover. English/Welsh heritage. |
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|
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| Salisbury |
1755 |
Scots-Irish and Germans from Pennsylvania. |
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| Williamsborough |
~1755 |
Locals who had been in Granville County for years.
From Virginia in 1740s. |
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| Halifax |
1757 |
From Bertie and Edgecombe Counties. English/Welsh
heritage. |
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|
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| New
Garden |
1757 |
Quakers from Pennsylvania. |
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| Wantland's
Ferry |
1757 |
English/Welsh from Cape Fear region. |
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|
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| Dobbs
Court House |
1758 |
Settlers from Johnston County. English/Welsh
and Scots-Irish heritage. |
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|
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| Edgecombe
Court House |
1758 |
Locals who had been in Edgecombe County for years. |
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| Hertford |
1758 |
Locals who had been in Perquimans County for
years. Was Perquimans C.H. |
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| Relfe's
Point |
1758 |
Settlers from Virginia. English/Welsh heritage. |
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|
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| Bethania |
1759 |
Moravians from Pennsylvania. |
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| Campbellton |
1762 |
Highland Scots. |
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| Kinston |
1762 |
Locals who had been in Dobbs County for years.
Scots-Irish heritage. |
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|
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| Buffalo
Rice Path |
1764 |
Settlers from Granville and Edgecombe counties.
Virginia heritage. |
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| Granville
Court House |
1764 |
Settlers from Edgecombe County. Virginia heritage. |
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| Cross
Creek |
1765 |
Highland Scots. |
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| Winfield |
1765 |
Settlers from Virginia. English/Welsh heritage. |
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| Salem |
1766 |
Moravians from Pennsylvania. |
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| Winton |
1766 |
Locals who had been in Hertford County for years.
English/Welsh heritage. |
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|
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| Charlotte
Town |
1768 |
Scots-Irish and Germans from Pennsylvania. |
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| Exeter |
1768 |
Locals who had been in New Hanover County for
years. English/Welsh & Scots-Irish. |
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| Windsor |
1768 |
Locals who had been in Bertie County for years.
English/Welsh heritage. |
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|
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| Littleton |
1770 |
Sprang up around a well-enjoyed tavern along
the stage route between Hillsborough and Halifax. At that time
in Bute County. |
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| Bloomsbury |
1771 |
Settlers from Johnston County. English/Scots-Irish
heritage. |
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|
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| Martinsborough |
1771 |
Locals who had been in Pitt County for years.
English/Scots-Irish heritage. |
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|
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| Smithfield |
1771 |
Locals who had been in Johnston County for years.
English/Scots-Irish heritage. |
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|
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| Friedberg |
1773 |
Local Moravians, originally from Pennsylvania |
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| Lexington |
1775 |
Locals who had been in Rowan County for years.
German and Scots-Irish heritage. |
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|
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| Martinsville |
1775 |
Scots-Irish and Germans from Pennsylvania. |
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| Red
Springs |
1775 |
Highland Scots. |
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| Tryon
Court House |
1775 |
Settlers from Mecklenburg County and South Carolina.
Scots-Irish heritage. |
