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A replica of the original building, which burned down in 1798, is now home to the renowned North Carolina History Center. The entire facility has seven buildings, three galleries and 14 acres of gardens, with plantings designed to depict three centuries of landscaping techniques.
Craven County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 100,720. [ 1 ] Its county seat is New Bern. [ 2 ] The county was created in 1705 as Archdale Precinct from the now-extinct Bath County.
One of the most important early colonial counties of North Carolina, Craven County was established in 1712, and its county seat, New Bern, served as the colonial capital until 1788.
Craven County, located in the Coastal Plain region of eastern North Carolina, lies within one of early North Carolina's most important regions. Formed in 1705, it was originally called Archdale Precinct of Bath County; in 1712 the name was changed to Craven County in honor of the earl of Craven, one of the Lords Proprietors.
A Brief History of Craven County. Named for William, Earl of Craven, the county was established in 1739 when Bath County dissolved after which the existing precincts gained county status. At the geographic center lies the town of New Bern.
This Early Settlers of Craven County, North Carolina, database was created by Susan M. Benning, a former Reference Assistant in the Kellenberger Room, and now Librarian at the Lee County Public Library.
Guide to Craven County, North Carolina ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.
A History of Craven County. Tryon Palace - New Bern, North Carolina. The county seat was first called Chattawka, or Chattoocka, and later, in 1723, Newbern - a law fixed the spelling in 1897 to New Bern. Craven County, which is located in eastern North Carolina, is bounded on the north by Beaufort and Pitt counties; on the west by Lenoir County ...
Craven County was formed in 1705 from Bath County. Table of Contents. Bibles. Biographies. Cemeteries. Census. Churches. Collections. County Records at State Achives.
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