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  1. Lenoir County’s County Seat, Kinston, was established in 1762 as “Kingston” and today is among the oldest cities in the state of North Carolina. The first court house in what is now Lenoir County was erected in 1779. It was a frame structure located at the corners of Queen and King Streets. This structure housed the courthouse, prison ...

  2. 1760. House. Entered on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971, this gambrel-roofed home of a merchant was built about 1760. It was named for George Owens and is the oldest structure of the Historic Halifax State Historic Site. [13] Joel Lane House. Raleigh. ca. 1760–1770. House.

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  4. 003. Taylorsville. 1847. Caldwell County, Iredell County, and Wilkes County. William J. Alexander, member of the legislature and Speaker of the North Carolina House of Commons. 36,444. 263 sq mi. ( 681 km 2) Alleghany County.

  5. FIPS code. 37-58860 [4] GNIS feature ID. 2405407 [2] Website. www .salisburync .gov. Salisbury ( / ˈsɔːlzbɛri / SAWLZ-ber-ee) [5] [6] is a city in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, United States; it has been the county seat of Rowan County since 1753 when its territory extended to the Mississippi River.

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  6. Clarendon County, North Carolina. Created on January 7, 1664/1665 as one of three original counties by the Carolina Lords Proprietors. In 1667, the settlement was abandoned and the county ceased to exist, never to be resurrected in the colony of North Carolina. Dobbs County, North Carolina. Created on April 10, 1759 from a portion of Johnston ...

  7. The county is located entirely within the Appalachian Mountains region of North Carolina. Most of the county is located atop a rolling plateau that ranges from 2,500 to 3,000 feet (760 to 910 m) above sea level. On the county's southeastern border the land drops sharply to about 1,500 feet (460 m) in neighboring Wilkes County, North Carolina.

  8. 1776-1835. Wayne County was formed from Dobbs County in 1779 in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain. Wayne County is named after “Mad Anthony” Wayne, one of George Washington’s most trusted generals. Goldsboro is the county seat, and Wayne is also home to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base. Wayne is also the home of numerous cultural ...

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