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Welcome North Carolina AHGP Part of the American History & Genealogy Project *North Carolina, one of the southern United States, is bounded north by Virginia; east by the Atlantic; south by South Carolina; and west by Tennessee. It is between 33° 50’ and 36° 30’ north latitude, and between 75° 45’ and 84° west longitude; and between 6° 20’ west and 1° 33’ east from West. It is 430 miles long, and 180 broad, containing 48,000 square miles, or 30,720,000 acres. The population in 1790, was 393,754; in 1800, 478,103; in 1810, 555,500; in 1820, 638,829; in 1830, 738,470; in 1840, 753,419, of which 245,817 were slaves. Of the free population, 240,047 were white males; 244,823 white females; 11,226 were colored males; 11,505 colored females. Employed in agriculture, there were 217,095; in commerce, 1,734; in manufactures and trades, 14,322; navigating the ocean, 327; the canals, rivers, &c., 379; learned professions, 1,086. This state is divided into 68 counties, which, with their population in 1840, and their capitals, are as follows: continued ... *Source: A Complete Descriptive And Statistical Gazetteer Of The United States Of America , By Daniel Haskel, A. M and J. Calvin Smith, Published By Sherman & Smith, 1843. North Carolina Counties North Carolina Cemeteries Women and the War in North Carolina First Regiment North Carolina Troops The Confederate States Navy North Carolina Military Forts North Carolina Census Images 1790-1940 North Carolina’s National Register of Historic Places North Carolina Historical & Genealogical Societies North Carolina Indian Tribes State Library of North Carolina Our Neighbors SC AHGP GA AHGP TN AHGP VA AHGP This site is a member of The American History and Genealogy Project (AHGP) , an unincorporated not-for-profit network of independent sites devoted to History & Genealogy, and covering North American Countries and Territories. For more information about our group, including how you can join us, please see our About page. Webspace for this site is generously provided by and This page was last updated Saturday, 05-Jan-2019 15:18:34 EST. Copyright © 2011~2024 by North Carolina...