Wake County, North Carolina
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Location: Wake, North Carolina, United States
History/Timeline
Wake County, located in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, was formed in 1771 from Johnston, Cumberland, and Orange Counties and named for Margaret Wake Tryon, the wife of royal governor William Tryon. Early inhabitants of the area included the Sissipahaw and Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Native Americans; English and Scotch-Irish settlers later populated the region. Raleigh was established as the county seat in 1771 under the name Wake County Courthouse; the name was changed to Raleigh, in honor of Sir Walter Raleigh, when the city became the capital of North Carolina in 1792.
Wake County Categories
The following categories have been created for Wake County:
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Demographics
Census Data
Populated Places
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| Map of Wake County |
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Buckhorn Cary Cedar Fork Holly Springs House Creek Leesville Little River Marks Creek Meredith Middle Creek Neuse New Light Panther Branch Raleigh St. Mary's St. Matthew's Swift Creek Wake Forest White Oak |
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Apex Cary (most) Fuquay-Varina Garner Holly Springs Knightdale Morrisville (most) Rolesville Wake Forest (most) Wendell Zebulon |
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Bonsal Carpenter Chestnut Hills Clegg Eagle Rock Falls Feltonville Forestville Green Level Kennebec Lizard Lick McCullers Crossroads Neuse New Hill Riley Hill Shotwell Stony Hill Swift Creek Willow Spring |
Genealogy Sources
- Wake County on Wikipedia
- County Website
- NCPEDIA: WakeCounty
- Wake County Towns with Post Offices, by J.D. Lewis
- Wake County on FamilySearch.org
- Wake County Churches
- Wake County on Find a Grave Cemeteries
- Wake County on Internet Archives
- Wake County on NCGenWeb
- History of Wake County, Link, by Hope Summerel Chamberlain, 1922
- Wikipedia:National Register of Historic Places listings in Wake County, North Carolina
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