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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.

Northampton County, North Carolina

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

County Seat: Jackson
Year Organized: 1741
Square Miles: 536

Court House:

PO Box 808
County Manager's Office
Jackson, NC 27845-0808

Etymology - Origin of County Name

It was named in honor of James Crompton, Earl of Northampton, an English nobleman.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Northampton was formed in 1741 from Bertie. It was named in honor of James Crompton, Earl of Northampton, an English nobleman. It is in the northeastern section of the State. It is bounded by the State of Virginia and Halifax, Bertie and Hertford counties. The present land area is 536.48 square miles and the 2000 population was 22,086. In 1806 Atherton was established as the courthouse. Jackson is currently the county seat.

Neighboring Counties:

State of Virginia
Halifax
Bertie
Hertford

Cities and Towns:

- Conway	town	Incorporated Area
- Garysburg	town	Incorporated Area
- Gaston	town	Incorporated Area
- Jackson (County Seat)	town	Incorporated Area
- Lasker	town	Incorporated Area
- Rich Square	town	Incorporated Area
- Seaboard	town	Incorporated Area
- Severn	town	Incorporated Area
- Woodland	town	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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County Resources

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!"

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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."