North Carolina, one of the southern Atlantic states, is bounded on the north by Virginia; on the east by the Atlantic Ocean; on the south by South Carolina and Georgia; and on the west by Tennessee. It lies between about 33º 50′ and 36º 33′ north latitude, and between 75º 27′ and 84º 19′ west longitude. The state measures about 500 miles from east to west and about 180 miles from north to south. It contains approximately 53,819 square miles, or 34,444,160 acres.
This state project is part of the much larger American History & Genealogy Project or better known by the abbreviation of AHGP. It has been in existence online since 2000 and over the years has been spread out across the web. These pages are an attempt to consolidate it under one website of the larger project.
North Carolina Information
North Carolina History
- North Carolina Indian Tribes
- North Carolina Military Forts
- The Confederate States Navy
- Women and the War in North Carolina
North Carolina Genealogy
- First Regiment North Carolina Troops
- North Carolina Census Images 1790-1940
- Pensioners on the 1840 Southern States Census
North Carolina Counties
- Alamance
- Alexander
- Anson
- Ashe
- Bertie
- Cabarrus
- Chowan
- Craven
- Dobbs
- Duplin
- Gates
- Greene
- Jones
- Lenoir
- New Hanover
- Onslow
- Pamlico
- Pasquotank
- Pitt
- Rockingham
- Sampson
- Vance
- Wayne
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