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1820 United States Federal Census

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Please choose a county in North Carolina:

Anson Gates Orange
Ashe Granville Pasquotank
Beaufort Greene Perquimans
Bertie Guilford Person
Bladen Halifax Pitt
Brunswick Haywood Richmond
Buncombe Hertford Robeson
Burke Hyde Rockingham
Cabarrus Iredell Rowan
Camden Johnston Rutherford
Carteret Jones Sampson
Caswell Lenoir Stokes
Chatham Lincoln Surry
Chowan Mecklenburg Tyrrell
Columbus Moore Warren
Craven Nash Washington
Cumberland New Hanover Wayne
Duplin Northampton Wilkes
Edgecombe Onslow

Census Records - Counties

After separating the census records into groups by state, the federal government subdivided these records into county groups. Searching for an ancestor on the county level provides a smaller region for research if you remain uncertain about the specific township where your ancestor resided. Researchers should also be aware of boundary line or jurisdictional changes through time. These changes may affect where an ancestor was enumerated on the census, so it remains important to search the counties surrounding the area where your ancestor lived.