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1895 U.S. Atlas - North Carolina

Scanned images of county and state maps, index of towns.

American Memory Panoramic Maps 1847-1929 - North Carolina

From the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.

American Memory Railroad Maps 1828-1900 - North Carolina

From the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.

Ancestry.com - Search Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers

Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

Atlas of Historical County Boundaries

From the Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois. Includes for each state: Interactive Map; Index of County and Equivalents; Consolidated Chronology; Individual County Chronologies; Bibliography and Sources; Historical Commentary; Metadata - Summary Form; Metadata - Full FGDC Form; Download GIS Files; Download KMZ Files; Download PDF Files.

Color Landform Atlas: North Carolina

Including a map of counties and a map for 1895.

Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

From the USGS. Provides cemetery location information, as well as other physical features within a county and state.

Historical Co's, Precients, Cities/Towns; NCGenWeb

NC Historical (Defunct) Counties. Researchers find that often the ancestors did not move. It was the county or state borders that moved through the years. Sometimes, those counties and towns have completely disappeared. This website is dedicated to the counties and towns that no longer exist in North Carolina.

MapQuest: World Atlas: North Carolina

North Carolina Maps

A comprehensive, online collection of historic maps from the North Carolina State Archives, the North Carolina Collection at UNC-Chapel Hill, and the Outer Banks History Center.

RootsWeb Town Search - TownCo

Enter the name of a U.S. town to learn the name of the county where that town is located.

The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection - North Carolina Maps

From The University of Texas at Austin.

U.S. Census Bureau - State and County QuickFacts - North Carolina County Selection Map

USGenWeb Archives, United States Digital Map Library

Yale Peabody Museum: GNIS - North Carolina

Search the USGS Geographic Names Database. You can limit the search to a specific county in this state and search for any of the following features: airport arch area arroyo bar basin bay beach bench bend bridge building canal cape cemetery channel church cliff crater crossing dam falls flat forest gap geyser glacier gut harbor hospital island isthmus lake lava levee locale mine oilfield other park pillar plain ppl range rapids reserve reservoir ridge school sea slope spring stream summit swamp tower trail tunnel valley well woods.