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1840 United States Federal Census

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Please choose a county in North Carolina:

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

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.