by Darren Janz | Mar 5, 2018 | Features, NC Political Geography |
Bladen is the “mother county” of North Carolina – created in 1734, its once-limitless territory has since been used to form over half of all one hundred counties in the state. Still the fourth-largest county in North Carolina by land area, Bladen encompasses a rural...
by Darren Janz | Feb 26, 2018 | Features, NC Political Geography |
Bertie County (pronounced burr-TEE County) is a rural county located in North Carolina’s northeastern Coastal Plain. Formed in 1722 as one of the oldest Tar Heel counties, Bertie is part of North Carolina’s Black Belt, a stretch of counties in the eastern part of the...
by Darren Janz | Feb 22, 2018 | Features, NC Political Geography
Split in two by the mouth of the Pamlico River, Beaufort County is a medium-sized county located in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain. The county was founded in 1705 as Pamptecough Precinct and received its current identity in 1712, making it one of the oldest in North...
by Darren Janz | Feb 19, 2018 | Features, NC Political Geography |
Located in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains on the border with Tennessee, Avery County is the youngest in our state – it was created in 1911 from parts of Caldwell, Mitchell, and Watauga counties, bringing the total number of Tar Heel counties to an even one...
by Darren Janz | Feb 15, 2018 | Features, NC Political Geography
Ashe County is located in the northwestern corner of North Carolina, with Virginia to its north and Tennessee to its west. Included within Wilkes County until 1785, the area was then annexed by the State of Franklin, an unrecognized territory that had claimed...
