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Northampton County, North Carolina

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
17historic places
—earliest paper
1741formed
17,471pop. 2020
11cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 17 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1975. Most listings are in or near Jackson, Rich Square, Garysburg.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for North Carolina is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Northampton titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

7 of 17 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

17 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Amis-Bragg HouseJacksonBuilding2003
Church of the Saviour and CemeteryJacksonBuilding2001
Duke-Lawrence HouseRich SquareBuilding1980
EdgewoodRich SquareBuilding2001
Garysburg United Methodist Church and CemeteryGarysburgBuilding1985
Gaston SchoolGastonBuilding2012
Jackson Historic DistrictJacksonDistrict2004
Mason-Hardee-Capel HouseGarysburgBuilding2005
MowfieldJacksonBuilding1975
Northampton County Courthouse SquareJacksonBuilding1977
Parker, Francis, HouseMurfreesboroBuilding1983
Piland, J.E., HouseMargarettsvilleBuilding2004
Princeton SiteMurfreesboroSite1980
Seabord Historic DistrictSeaboardDistrict2005
VeronaJacksonBuilding1975
Warren PlacePendletonBuilding2019
Woodland-Olney SchoolWoodlandBuilding1997

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Northampton was formed in 1741 (1741-12-31) from Bertie.

[by 31 Dec 1741] NORTHAMPTON created from BERTIE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Northampton County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

28k19k9,981179018001840188019101920196020002020
17901800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
9,98112,35313,24213,36913,37220,03221,15023,18428,29928,43226,81122,58422,08617,471

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

11 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 11 of 11 listed
NameLatLon
Bell Cemetery36.23098-77.27302
Floyd Cemetery36.51709-77.64665
Massey Cemetery36.53236-77.64942
Moody Cemetery36.50848-77.67637
Nebo Church Cemetery36.42126-77.16219
Phillips Cemetery36.4932-77.43331
Rea Cemeteries36.24237-77.27635
Rook Cemetery36.52459-77.69581
Smith Cemetery36.53014-77.6797
Squire Cemetery36.51042-77.70081
Thomas Cemetery36.51209-77.62109

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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