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North Carolina Counties

North Carolina is divided into 100 counties. North Carolina ranks 28th in size by area, but has the seventh most counties in the country.

New Hanover County, North Carolina

New Hanover County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: Wilmington
Year Organized: 1729
Square Miles: 199

Court House:

230 Government Center Drive, Suite 195
County Courthouse
Wilmington, NC 28403

Etymology - Origin of County Name

It was named in honor of the royal family of England, members of the House of Hanover.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

New Hanover was formed in 1729 from Craven. It was named in honor of the royal family of England, members of the House of Hanover. It is in the southeastern section of the State and is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the Cape Fear River, and Brunswick and Pender counties. The present land area is 198.93 square miles and the population in 2000 was 160,327. New Town or Newton was its first county seat. It was changed to Wilmington in 1739.

Neighboring Counties:

Atlantic Ocean
Cape Fear River
Brunswick
Pender

Cities and Towns:

- Carolina Beach	town	Incorporated Area
- Kure Beach	town	Incorporated Area
- Wilmington (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Wrightsville Beach	town	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of this 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."