North Carolina
North Carolina History Timeline
1500s- (1524) Explorer Giovanni da Verrazano explored coastal areas for France
- (1540) Hernando de Soto of Spain explored southwestern part of state searching for gold
- (1584 - 1585) Sir Walter Raleigh sent colonists to establish English settlement on Roanoke Island
- (1586) Hardships forced colonists to leave Roanoke Island, returned to England; Sir Frances Drake dropped off captured African-Caribbean slaves on Roanoke
- (1587) Second colony established at Roanoke by John White; Virginia Dare became first English child born on American soil; White returned to England for supplies
- (1590) White returned to Roanoke, all settlers gone; "CORATOAN" carved into tree
- (1663) King Charles II assigned Carolinas territory to eight court favorites, they became "true and absolute Lords Proprietors"
- (1669) Colonial Carolina Fundamental Constitution legalized slavery
- (1705) First town in North Carolina, Bath, was built
- (1712) North Carolina made separate colony; war with Tuscarora Indians began
- (1714) Tuscarora Indians defeated, moved north to join Iroquois
- (1718) Pirate Blackbeard killed off coast
- (1729) North Carolina became royal English colony
- (1768) Back-country farmers organized Regulator Movement in attempt to reduce excessive taxes
- (1771) Regulators suppressed at Alamance; Gov. Tyron had seven Regulators executed
- (1774) Edenton Tea Party took place (Edenton women protested British rule by putting down their tea cups)
- (1775) Hurricane struck Outer Banks; 165 killed; crops destroyed, mill-dams broken; unsuccessful attempt to instigate a slave revolt (Merrick's Slave Insurrection) frightened North Carolina slaveholders
- (1776) North Carolina first state to vote for independence; North Carolina's first American Revolution battle fought at Moores Creek Bridge
- (1789) North Carolina admitted to Union as 12th state; University of North Carolina received charter, first public school in U. S.
- (1794) Capital moved from New Bern to Raleigh
- (1799) First gold nugget in U. S. found at Reed Gold Mine, Cabarrus County
- (Early 1800's) Very little progress made in state, appeared to be asleep, became known as "Rip Van Winkle" state
- (1804) Walton War - dispute between North Carolina and Georgia over 12-mile strip of land in North Carolina
- (1805) Georgia ceded 12-mile strip of land
- (1828) North Carolina native, Andrew Jackson, became 7th president of U.S.
- (1830's) U.S. government forced Cherokee Indians from homes "Trail of Tears"; many hid in mountains
- (1831) Workmen fire proofing roof of State Capitol set building on fire; Nat Turner slave insurrection in Virginia caused execution of dozen North Carolina slaves
- (1845) North Carolina native, James Polk, became 11th president of U.S.
- (1851) Antislavery preachers, Adam Crooks, Jesse McBride, run out of state
- (1853) First North Carolina state fair held
- (1861) North Carolina left Union, voted to "undo" the act that had brought it into the United States, rather than secede
- (1861 - 1865) Civil War took place; over 40,000 North Carolinians killed during war
- (1865) Bloodiest battle in North Carolina occurred at Bentonville, Confederates defeated; large number of Confederates surrendered at Bennett Place
- (1866) Tuscarora Indian, Henry Berry Lowrie, led revolt in Robeson County
- (1868) North Carolina readmitted to Union
- (1877) Federal reoccupation troops left state
- (1878) Cherokee reservation formed in western N.C.
- (1903) Wright brothers made man's first successful flight at Kitty Hawk
- (1918) Fort Bragg established
- (1920) 19th amendment gave women right to vote
- (1943) Pembroke State College became nation's first four-year college for native Americans
- (1954) Hurricane Hazel struck, 19 people killed, several hundred injured, 15,000 homes destroyed
- (1955) Hurricane Ione caused $600 million in damages to crops
- (1960) First sit-in occurred in Greensboro to protest segregation at lunch counters
- (1986) Beaufort native, astronaut and pilot, Michael J. Smith, killed in Space Shuttle Challenger explosion
- (1989) Hurricane Hugo struck, caused over $1 billion in damages
- (1994) Raleigh-Durham area ranked best place to live in U.S.
- (1996) Hurricane Fran struck, four people killed, 1.3 million left without power, over $500 million in damages; Governor Jim Hunt re-elected to 4th term; Elaine Marshall first female elected Secretary of State
- (1999) Hurricane Floyd struck, 35 people killed, billions of dollars in damages
- (2003) Police arrested Olympic bombing suspect, Eric Robert Rudolph, in Murphy
- (2005) State legislature voted implementation of state lottery
- (2006) North Carolina Hurricanes won hockey's Stanley Cup; 17,000 people evacuated after explosion at chemical plant near Apex
- (2009) Seven people in North Carolina charged with plotting terror attacks in foreign countries, including Israel and Jordan
- (2010) Duke University won NCAA Championship
- (2011) Huricane Irene made landfall in North Carolina
North Carolina Cities, Counties & Area Codes
City | County | Area Code |
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Burlington | Alamance | 336 |
Taylorsville | Alexander | 828 |
Sparta | Alleghany | 336 |
Wadesboro | Anson | 704 |
West Jefferson | Ashe | 336 |
Newland | Avery | 828 |
Washington | Beaufort | 252 |
Windsor | Bertie | 252 |
Elizabethtown | Bladen | 910 |
Leland | Brunswick | 910 |
Asheville | Buncombe | 828 |
Morganton | Burke | 828 |
Concord | Cabarrus | 704 |
Lenoir | Caldwell | 828 |
Camden | Camden | 252 |
Newport | Carteret | 252 |
Yanceyville | Caswell | 336 |
Hickory | Catawba | 828 |
Chapel Hill | Chatham | 919 |
Murphy | Cherokee | 828 |
Edenton | Chowan | 252 |
Hayesville | Clay | 828 |
Shelby | Cleveland | 704 |
Whiteville | Columbus | 910 |
New Bern | Craven | 252 |
Fayetteville | Cumberland | 910 |
Moyock | Currituck | 252 |
Kill Devil Hills | Dare | 252 |
Lexington | Davidson | 336 |
Mocksville | Davie | 336 |
Wallace | Duplin | 910 |
Durham | Durham | 919 |
Rocky Mount | Edgecombe | 252 |
Winston Salem | Forsyth | 336 |
Louisburg | Franklin | 919 |
Gastonia | Gaston | 704 |
Gates | Gates | 252 |
Robbinsville | Graham | 828 |
Oxford | Granville | 919 |
Snow Hill | Greene | 252 |
Greensboro | Guilford | 336 |
Roanoke Rapids | Halifax | 252 |
Dunn | Harnett | 910 |
Waynesville | Haywood | 828 |
Hendersonville | Henderson | 828 |
Ahoskie | Hertford | 252 |
Raeford | Hoke | 910 |
Engelhard | Hyde | 252 |
Mooresville | Iredell | 704 |
Sylva | Jackson | 828 |
Clayton | Johnston | 919 |
Trenton | Jones | 252 |
Sanford | Lee | 336 |
Kinston | Lenoir | 252 |
Lincolnton | Lincoln | 704 |
Franklin | Macon | 828 |
Marshall | Madison | 828 |
Williamston | Martin | 252 |
Marion | McDowell | 828 |
Charlotte | Mecklenburg | 704 |
Spruce Pine | Mitchell | 828 |
Troy | Montgomery | 910 |
Pinehurst | Moore | 910 |
Rocky Mount | Nash | 252 |
Wilmington | New Hanover | 910 |
Garysburg | Northampton | 252 |
Jacksonville | Onslow | 910 |
Chapel Hill | Orange | 919 |
Bayboro | Pamlico | 252 |
Elizabeth City | Pasquotank | 252 |
Hampstead | Pender | 910 |
Hertford | Perquimans | 252 |
Roxboro | Person | 336 |
Greenville | Pitt | 252 |
Tryon | Polk | 828 |
Asheboro | Randolph | 336 |
Rockingham | Richmond | 910 |
Lumberton | Robeson | 910 |
Reidsville | Rockingham | 336 |
Salisbury | Rowan | 704 |
Forest City | Rutherford | 828 |
Clinton | Sampson | 910 |
Laurinburg | Scotland | 910 |
Albemarle | Stanly | 704 |
King | Stokes | 336 |
Mount Airy | Surry | 336 |
Bryson City | Swain | 828 |
Brevard | Transylvania | 828 |
Columbia | Tyrrell | 252 |
Monroe | Union | 704 |
Henderson | Vance | 252 |
Raleigh | Wake | 919 |
Cary | Wake | 919 |
Warrenton | Warren | 252 |
Plymouth | Washington | 252 |
Boone | Watauga | 828 |
Goldsboro | Wayne | 919 |
North Wilkesboro | Wilkes | 336 |
Wilson | Wilson | 252 |
Yadkinville | Yadkin | 336 |
Burnsville | Yancey | 828 |
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This page was last updated on April 7, 2017.