NORTH CAROLINA 



SITUATION AND EXTENT, 



Miles. 



Length 450 > . C 75* 45' and 84° West longitude. 



Breadth 180 3 Detwcen £ 33° 50' and 36° 30' North latitude. 



Sq. Mites. 

 48,000 



Boundaries ...Bounded by Virginia on the north ; by the Atlantic 

 Ocean on the east ; by South Carolina and Georgia on the south ; 

 ant! the state of Tennessee on the west. 



Divisions. ...North Carolina is divided into six circuits, in which 

 are sixty -two counties. 



Counties. 

 Chowan, 

 Currituck, 

 Cambden, 

 Pasquotank, 

 Perquimons, 

 Gates, . 

 Hertford, 

 Bertie, 

 Tyrrel, 



New Hanover, 

 Brunswick, 

 Duplin, 

 Bladen, 

 Onslow, 

 Craven, 

 Beaufort, 

 Carteret, 

 Johnson, 

 Pitt, > . 

 L' noir, 

 Wayne, 

 Hyde, . 

 Jones, 

 Halifax, 

 Northampton 

 Martin, 

 Edgecombe, 

 Warren, 

 Franklin, 

 Nash, 

 Orange, 



Population. 



Chief Towns. 



6,538 



Edenton. 



7,322 



Indiantown. 



5,347 



Jonesborough. 



7,674 



Elizabeth city. 



6,050 



Hartford. 



5,966 





6,052 



Win ton. 



11,218 



Windsor. 



3,364 



Elizabeth. 



11,463 



Wilmington. 



4,778 



Smithville. 



7,857 





5,666 



Elizabeth. 



6,694 



Swansborough. 



12,676 



Newbern. 



7,203 



Washington. 



4,829 



Beaufort. 



6,867 



Smithfield. 



9,169 



Greenville. 



5,572 



Kingston. 



8.692 



Waynesborough 



6,110 



Germanton. 



4,968 



Trenton. 



15,620 



Halifax. 



13,082 





5,987 



Williamston. 



12,425 



Tarborough. - 



11,104 



Warrenton. 



10,230 



Louisburg. 



7,282 





20,137 



Hillsborough. 



