Counties in North Carolina that I have Visited

There are 100 Counties in North Carolina – “The Tar Heel State“

Also be sure to see my United States County Counting Page for the rest of the states.

I have visited 90 Counties = 90.0% of Counties in North Carolina

Counties visited are colored-in; counties still needing to be visited are blank.  Map created using Mob Rule.

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Twelve Mile Circle Articles Featuring Places in North Carolina

Markers designate the North Carolina locations featured in Twelve Mile Circle articles.

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Counties in North Carolina

Below are the 100 counties in North Carolina. Although infrequent, counties sometimes do change so please let me know if any of this information is out of date and I will update it. Those counties that I have visited are highlighted in Red. Readers can also link to any articles manually in this section if the map isn’t working.

1. Alamance: Random Hills
2. Alexander
3. Alleghany: Alleghany/Grayson Border
4. Anson
5. Ashe
6. Avery: Famous Louise’s Rock House
7. Beaufort: Ten Seats in North Carolina; Bayview – Aurora Ferry
8. Bertie
9. Bladen
10. Brunswick: Orton Plantation
11. Buncombe: Where They Lived as Children; Biltmore Estate; Highland; WNC Nature Center; Funkatorium; One World; Pack Square Park
12. Burke: Linville Falls; Famous Louise’s Rock House
13. Cabarrus
14. Caldwell
15. Camden: Great Dismal Canal
16. Carteret: Beaufort or Badminton; Ten Seats in North Carolina; Sunrise and Sunset Over Water; Salter Path; Beaufort Tour; Fort Macon; Battle of Newport Barracks; Wildlife
17. Caswell
18. Catawba
19. Chatham
20. Cherokee
21. Chowan: Smallest county in North Carolina (173 square miles): Roanoke River Lighthouse
22. Clay
23. Cleveland
24. Columbus
25. Craven: Hawaii on the Mainland; Cherry Branch – Minnesott Ferry; Birthplace of Pepsi Cola; Tryon Palace; Battle of New Bern
26. Cumberland: Mash House Brewery & Chophouse
27. Currituck: Currituck Beach Lighthouse; Weeping Radish Farm Brewery; Bordersplit
28. Dare: Duck; Bodie Island Light Station; Cape Hatteras Light; Fort Raleigh National Historic Site; Hatteras-Ocracoke Ferry; Outer Banks Brewing Station; Wright Brothers National Memorial
29. Davidson: Random Woods; Welcome; Quad County Towns
30. Davie
31. Duplin
32. Durham: Steve & Clark’s Brew Pub and Sausage Co.; Triangle
33. Edgecombe
34. Forsyth: Quad County Towns
35. Franklin
36. Gaston
37. Gates: Every Cardinal Direction
38. Graham
39. Granville
40. Greene
41. Guilford: Sports Facilities I Never Imagined; Quad County Towns; High Level; Random Woods
42. Halifax
43. Harnett
44. Haywood
45. Henderson: Sierra Nevada
46. Hertford
47. Hoke
48. Hyde: Hatteras-Ocracoke Ferry; Ocracoke Light Station; An Extreme Definition of Southern; Union Jack over the USA
49. Iredell
50. Jackson: Harrah’s Cherokee Casino
51. Johnston
52. Jones
53. Lee
54. Lenoir
55. Lincoln: Rock Springs Campmeeting
56. Macon
57. Madison: Ancient River; Hot Springs Everywhere
58. Martin
59. McDowell: Linville Caverns; Famous Louise’s Rock House
60. Mecklenburg: Largest county population in North Carolina (695,454 people in 2000 Census); Municipally Owned Telephone; Caro-what?; Noble Layers
61. Mitchell: Geo-BREWities
62. Montgomery
63. Moore
64. Nash
65. New Hanover: Fort Fisher Beach; Fort Fisher Ferry; Basin Trail; Wilmington Riverwalk; WW2 Ammunition Bunker; USS North Carolina
66. Northampton
67. Onslow: Undignified Floods
68. Orange: Carolina Brewery; Morehead Planetarium Sundial
69. Pamlico: Cherry Branch – Minnesott Ferry
70. Pasquotank: Museum of the Albemarle; Ghost Harbor Brewing; Waterfront Park
71. Pender
72. Perquimans: Newbold-White House
73. Person
74. Pitt
75. Polk
76. Randolph: Quad County Towns
77. Richmond
78. Robeson: Largest county in North Carolina (949 square miles): I-95 Rest Stop
79. Rockingham
80. Rowan
81. Rutherford: Ten Seats in North Carolina; Lake Lure; Chimney Rock
82. Sampson: Thanksgiving Towns
83. Scotland
84. Stanly
85. Stokes
86. Surry
87. Swain: Literal Roads to Nowhere; Oconaluftee Islands Park; Museum of the Cherokee Indian; Clingmans Dome; Mountainous Claims
88. Transylvania: Oskar Blues; Sassafras Mountain:
89. Tyrell: Smallest county population in North Carolina (4,149 people in 2000 Census); A Tyrrell County Highpoint.
90. Union: Go South to Go North
91. Vance
92. Wake: Southend Brewery & Smokehouse; Land of Disco; Carnage, Slaughter and Mayhem; A Tale of Three Ridges; Low Clearance; Noble Layers
93. Warren: Dueling Portmanteau Placenames
94. Washington: Ten Seats in North Carolina
95. Watauga: Lost Province
96. Wayne
97. Wilkes
98. Wilson
99. Yadkin
100. Yancey: Mount Mitchell

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Quick Facts About North Carolina

• Location: South Atlantic United States. See map above.
• Size⁽¹⁾: 48,618 square miles. North Carolina is the 29th largest state. The next larger state is Alabama and the next smaller state is New York.
• Population⁽²⁾: 10,383,620 people. North Carolina is the 9th most populous state. The next more populous state is Georgia and the next less populous state is Michigan.
• Population Density: 213.6 people per square mile. North Carolina is the 15th most densely populated state. The next more densely populated state is Virginia and the next less densely populated state is Georgia.
• Bordering States: North Carolina shares a border with 4 states: Virginia; Tennessee; Georgia and South Carolina
• Admission to the Union: November 21, 1789. North Carolina was the 12th state admitted to the Union, after New York and before Rhode Island.
• Capital: Raleigh.
• Highest Point: 6,684 feet at Mount Mitchell. See SummitPost’s Mount Mitchell page.
• Lowest Point: Sea Level at the Atlantic Ocean.
• Government website: North Carolina Government Portal.
• Official Tourism website: Visit North Carolina.
• Still not enough? See Wikipedia’s North Carolina page.

Sources:

(1) Wikipedia: List of U.S. states and territories by area. Land area only.
(2) Wikipedia: List of states and territories of the United States by population. Estimated population on July 1, 2019.