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North Carolina has 100 ''' Counties ''', the eighth most of any U.S. State .1 Prior to 1729 , North Carolina was part of the Province Of Carolina along with what would later become South Carolina . The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) , which is used by the United States government to uniquely identify states and counties, is provided with each entry. North Carolina's FIPS code is 37, which when combined with the county code is written as 37XXX.






















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HISTORIC COUNTIES

# Albemarle County (abolished 1739)
# Bath County (abolished 1739)
# Bute County (abolished 1779)
# Dobbs County (abolished 1791)
# Tryon County (abolished 1779)


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REFERENCES


  • Corbitt, David Leroy. ''The Formation of the North Carolina Counties, 1663-1943''. Raleigh: State Dept. of Archives and History, 1950. Reprint, Raleigh: Division of Archives and History, North Carolina Dept. of Cultural Resources, 1987. ISBN 0-86526-032-X

  • Powell, William S. ''The North Carolina Gazetteer''. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1968. Reprint, 1985. ISBN 0-8078-1247-1