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Duplin County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 48,715. Its county seat is Kenansville.
History
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The county was formed in 1750 from New Hanover County. It was named for Thomas Hay, Viscount Dupplin (later 9th Earl of Kinnoull), as he was known when he served on the Board of Trade and Plantations in England in the 1740s.
In 1784, the western part of Duplin County became Sampson County.
John Miller, a merchant in Duplin, was appointed as postmaster. In the 19th century, he migrated to Leon County in the panhandle of Florida, with other North Carolinians during the period of Indian Removal in the 1830s–1840s. There, he developed a successful cotton plantation. He called it Miccosukee Plantation, after one of the Seminole bands. (They are now a federally recognized tribe.) He exploited the lives and labor of enslaved African Americans.
Timeline
Date | Event | Source
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1750 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1754 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1755 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1759 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1784 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1790 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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1830 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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1914 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
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Census Year | Population
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1790 | 5,662
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1800 | 6,796
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1810 | 7,863
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1820 | 9,744
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1830 | 11,291
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1840 | 11,182
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1850 | 13,514
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1860 | 15,784
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1870 | 15,542
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1880 | 18,773
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1890 | 18,690
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1900 | 22,405
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1910 | 25,442
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1920 | 30,223
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1930 | 35,103
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1940 | 39,739
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1950 | 41,074
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1960 | 40,270
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1970 | 38,015
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1980 | 40,952
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1990 | 39,995
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Research Tips
External links
www.duplincounty.org
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