Place:Northampton, North Carolina, United States

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NameNorthampton
Alt namesNorthamptonsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates36.417°N 77.367°W
Located inNorth Carolina, United States     (1741 - )
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Boones Crossroads
Brewers Crossroads
Bryantown
Conway
Creeksville
Eagletown
Edwards Crossroads
Faisons
Galatia
Garysburg
Gaston
Gum Forks
Gumberry
Henrico
Jackson
Lasker
Lassiter Crossroads
Lewters Crossroad
Margarettsville
Milwaukee
Mud Castle
Pendleton
Pleasant Grove
Pleasant Hill
Potecasi
Rehoboth
Rich Square
Seaboard
Severn
Stancell
Turners Crossroads
Vultare
Woodland
Unknown
Jack Swamp
Meherrin
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Northampton County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,471. Its county seat is Jackson.

Northampton County is part of the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Rocky Mount-Wilson-Roanoke Rapids, NC Combined Statistical Area.

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History

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The county was formed in 1741 from Bertie County. It was named for James Compton, 5th Earl of Northampton. In 1759 parts of Northampton County, Bertie County, and Chowan County were combined to form Hertford County.

In 1959, the county went to the U.S. Supreme Court to defend the use of a literacy test as a requirement to vote. In Lassiter v. Northampton County Board of Elections, the court held that, provided the tests were applied equally to all races and were not "merely a device to make racial discrimination easy," they were allowable. Congress subsequently prohibited use of such tests under the National Voting Rights Act of 1965.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1741 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1741 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1759 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1771 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1790 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1790 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1811 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1917 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1790 9,981
1800 12,353
1810 13,082
1820 13,242
1830 13,391
1840 13,369
1850 13,335
1860 13,372
1870 14,749
1880 20,032
1890 21,242
1900 21,150
1910 22,323
1920 23,184
1930 27,161
1940 28,299
1950 28,432
1960 26,811
1970 24,009
1980 22,584
1990 20,798
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External links

www.northamptonnc.com

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