NORTH CAROLINA. 



455 



Counties. 

 Chatham, 

 Granville, 

 Person, 

 Caswell, 

 Wake, . 

 Randolph, 

 Rowan, 

 Cabarrus, 

 Mecklenburg, 

 Rockingham, 

 Iredell, 

 Surry, . 

 Montgomery, 

 Stokes, 

 Guilford, 

 Burke, 

 Rutherford, 

 Lincoln, 

 Wiikes, 

 Buncombe, 

 Cumberland, 

 Moore, 

 Richmond, 

 Robeson, 

 Sampson, 

 Anson, 

 Haywood, 

 Greene, 

 Washington 

 Columbus, 

 Ashe, . 



Rivers and capes. ...The principal rivers of North Carolina are 

 the Chowan, and its branches, Roanoke, Tar, Neuse, and Cape Fear, 

 or Clarendon. Cape Fear empties into the ocean below Wilmington, 

 and is navigable for large ships to within seven miles of that town. 

 The Roanoke and Chowan discharge their waters into Albemarle 

 sound, and Taw and Neuse into Pamlico sound. Fishing creek, 

 between Halifax and Nash counties, has been lately made navigable 

 for boats and rafts for 40 miles. Drowning creek, by an act of assem- 

 bly, has had its name changed to Lumber river. Lumbcrton is on 

 this river, from whence it is navigable to Georgetown. Most of these 

 and the smaller rivers have bars at their mouths, and the coast fur- 

 nishes no good harbours except Cape Fear. The principal capes are, 

 Cape Fear, C^pe Look-out, and Cape Hatteras. 



Climate, soil, and produce. ...The western hilly parts of North 

 Carolina are as healthy as any part of America ; but in the flat country 

 near the sea-coast, the inhabitants, during the summer and autumn, 

 are subject to intermitting fevers, which often prove fatal. North 

 Carolina, in its whole width, for sixty miles from the sea, is a dead 

 level. A great proportion of this tract lies in forests, and is of poor 

 quality, and chiefly valuable on account of the timber ; but there are 

 also many large swamps, which, being drained, would prove equally 

 productive, with the richest soil. On the banks of all the rivers, the 



Population. 



Chief Towns. 



12,980 



Pittsborough. 



15,576 



Oxford. 



6,676 



Roxborough. 



11,817 





17,u86 



Raleigh. 



10,112 



Johnstonville. 



21,543 



Salisbury. 



6,155 



Concord. 



14.270 



Charlotte. 



lu,278 



Wentworth. 



10,972 



- Statesville. 



11,306 



Rockford. 



8 470 



Henderson. 



11,650 



Germamown. 



12,3:2 



Greensborough. 



11,007 



Morganton. 



13,221 



Rutherfordton. 



16,369 



Lincolnton. 



9,054 



Wilkesborough 



9,277 



Asheville. 



11,374 



Fayetteville. 



6,367 



Fagansville. 



6,695 



Rockingham. 



7,528 



Lumberton. 



6,621 





8,331 



Wadesborough. 



2,780 



Waynesville. 



4,872 



Snow Hill. 



3,464 



Plymouth. 



3,148 



Whitesville. 



3,694 



Jefferson. 



