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Moore County, North Carolina

Moore County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

 

County Seat: Carthage
Year Organized: 1784
Square Miles: 699		 Court House:

PO Box 905
County Courthouse
Carthage, NC 28327-0905
Etymology - Origin of County Name

It was named in honor of Captain Alfred Moore of Brunswick. a soldier of the Revolution and afterwards a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

 

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

Moore was formed in 1784 from Cumberland. It was named in honor of Captain Alfred Moore of Brunswick. a soldier of the Revolution and afterwards a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. It is in the south central section of the State and is bounded by Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Scotland, Richmond, Montgomery, Randolph, Chatham and Lee counties. The present land area is 697.74 square miles and the 2000 population was 74,762. The act establishing the county provided for the erection of the public buildings. In 1795 an act was passed which stated that the location of the courthouse was inconvenient; it named commissioners to purchase land near the center of the county and erect a new courthouse. In 1796 an act was passed establishing Carthage on land where the courthouse was to stand. In 1803 an act was passed naming commissioners to lay out a town and build a courthouse as directed in the 1796 act. In 1806 Carthage was changed to Fagansville. In 1818, Fagansville was changed back to Carthage. Carthage is the county seat.

 

Neighboring Counties:
  • Cumberland
  • Harnett
  • Hoke
  • Scotland
  • Richmond
  • Montgomery
  • Randolph
  • Chatham
  • Lee
Cities and Towns:
- Aberdeen town Incorporated Area
- Cameron town Incorporated Area
- Carthage (County Seat) town Incorporated Area
- Foxfire village Incorporated Area
- Pinebluff town Incorporated Area
- Pinehurst village Incorporated Area
- Robbins city Incorporated Area
- Southern Pines town Incorporated Area
- Taylortown town Incorporated Area
- Vass town Incorporated Area
- Whispering Pines village Incorporated Area
County Resources:

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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of our country!"

But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.

Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally, act locally."
 

 

 

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