Alamance Formed: 1849 Parent: Orange	Albemarle Formed: 1664 original county	Alexander Formed: 1847 Parent: Iredell Caldwell and Wilkes	Alleghany Formed: 1859 Parent: Ashe
Anson Formed: 1750 Parent: Bladen	Archdale Formed: 1705 Parent: Bath	Avery Formed: 1911 Parent: Caldwell Mitchell and Watauga	Ashe Formed: 1799 Parent: Wilkes
Bath Formed: 1696 original county	Beaufort Formed: 1712 renamed Parent: Bath/Pamptecough	Bertie Formed: 1722 Parent: Chowan	Bladen Formed: 1734 Parent: New Hanover
Brunswick Formed: 1764 Parent: New Hanover and Bladen	Buncombe Formed: 1791 Parent: Burke and Rutherford	Burke Formed: 1777 Parent: Rowan	Bute  Formed: 1764 Parent: Granville
Cabarrus Formed: 1792 Parent: Mecklenburg	Caldwell Formed: 1841 Parent: Burke and Wilkes	Camden Formed: 1777 Parent: Pasquotank	Carteret Formed: 1722 Parent: Craven
Caswell Formed: 1777 Parent: Orange	Catawba Formed: 1842 Parent: Lincoln	Chatham Formed: 1771 Parent: Orange	Cherokee Formed: 1839 Parent: Macon
Cherokee Reservation also called Qualla Boundary	Chowan Formed: 1670 Parent: Albemarle	Clay Formed: 1861 Parent: Cherokee	Cleveland Formed: 1841 Parent: Rutherford and Lincoln
Columbus Formed: 1808 Parent: Bladen and Brunswick	Craven Formed: 1712 Parent: Archdale Precinct of Bath County	Cumberland Formed: 1754 Parent: Bladen	Currituck Formed: 1681 Parent: Albemarle
Dare Formed: 1870 Parent: Currituck Tyrrell and Hyde	Davidson Formed: 1822 Parent: Rowan	Davie Formed: 1836 Parent: Rowan	Dobbs  Formed: 1758 Parent: Johnston
Duplin Formed: 1750 Parent: New Hanover	Durham Formed: 1881 Parent: Orange and Wake	Edgecombe Formed: 1741 Parent: Bertie	Forsyth Formed: 1849 Parent: Stokes
Franklin Formed: 1779 Parent: Bute	Gaston Formed: 1846 Parent: Lincoln	Gates Formed: 1779 Parent: Chowan Hertford and Perquimans	Glasgow  Formed: 1791 Parent: Dobbs
Graham Formed: 1872 Parent: Cherokee	Granville Formed: 1746 Parent: Edgecombe	Greene Formed: 1799 renamed Parent: Glasgow	Guilford Formed: 1770 Parent: Rowan and Orange
Halifax Formed: 1758 Parent: Edgecombe	Harnett Formed: 1855 Parent: Cumberland	Haywood Formed: 1808 Parent: Buncombe	Henderson Formed: 1838 Parent: Buncombe
Hertford Formed: 1759 Parent: Bertie Chowan and Northampton	Hoke Formed: 1911 Parent: Cumberland and Robeson	Hyde Formed: 1705 Parent: Bath as Wickham Precinct; became Hyde in 1712	Iredell Formed: 1788 Parent: Rowan
Jackson Formed: 1851 Parent: Haywood and Macon	Johnston Formed: 1746 Parent: Craven	Jones Formed: 1778 Parent: Craven	Lee Formed: 1907 Parent: Chatham and Moore
Lenoir Formed: 1791 Parent: Dobbs	Lincoln Formed: 1779 Parent: Tryon	Macon Formed: 1828 Parent: Haywood	Madison Formed: 1851 Parent: Buncombe and Yancey
Martin Formed: 1774 Parent: Halifax and Tyrrell	McDowell Formed: 1842 Parent: Burke and Rutherford	Mecklenburg Formed: 1762 Parent: Anson	Mitchell Formed: 1861 Parent: Burke Caldwell McDowell Watauga and Yancey
Montgomery Formed: 1779 Parent: Anson	Moore Formed: 1784 Parent: Cumberland	Nash Formed: 1777 Parent: Edgecombe	New Hanover Formed: 1729 Parent: Craven
Northampton Formed: 1741 Parent: Bertie	Onslow Formed: 1734 Parent: New Hanover	Orange Formed: 1752 Parent: Bladen Granville and Johnston	Pamlico Formed: 1872 Parent: Beaufort and Craven
Pasquotank Formed: 1681 Parent: Albemarle	Pender Formed: 1875 Parent: New Hanover	Perquimans Formed: 1679 Parent: Albemarle	Person Formed: 1791 Parent: Caswell
Pitt Formed: 1760 Parent: Beaufort	Polk Formed: 1855 Parent: Henderson and Rutherford	Randolph Formed: 1779 Parent: Guilford	Richmond Formed: 1779 Parent: Anson
Robeson Formed: 1787 Parent: Bladen	Rockingham Formed: 1785 Parent: Guilford	Rowan Formed: 1753 Parent: Anson	Rutherford Formed: 1779 Parent: Burke and Tryon
Sampson Formed: 1784 Parent: Duplin	Scotland Formed: 1899 Parent: Richmond	Stanly Formed: 1841 Parent: Montgomery	Stokes Formed: 1789 Parent: Surry
Surry Formed: 1770 Parent: Rowan	Swain Formed: 1871 Parent: Jackson and Macon	Transylvania Formed: 1861 Parent: Henderson and Jackson	Tryon  Formed: 1769 Parent: Mecklenburg
Tyrrell Formed: 1729 Parent: Bertie Chowan Currituck and Pasquotank	Union Formed: 1842 Parent: Anson and Mecklenburg	Vance Formed: 1881 Parent: Franklin Granville and Warren	Wake Formed: 1771 Parent: Cumberland Johnston and Orange
Warren Formed: 1779 Parent: Bute	Washington Formed: 1799 Parent: Tyrrell	Watauga Formed: 1849 Parent: Ashe Caldwell Wilkes Yancey	Wayne Formed: 1779 Parent: Dobbs
Wilkes Formed: 1778 Parent: Surry	Wilson Formed: 1855 Parent: Edgecombe Johnston Nash and Wayne	Yadkin Formed: 1850 Parent: Surry	Yancey Formed: 1833 Parent: Buncombe and Burke