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Moore County

Founded 1784

Website htpp://www.co.moore.nc.us

Moore County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of 2000, the population was 74,769. Its county seat is CarthageTemplate:GR.

History

The county was formed in 1784 from Cumberland County. It was named for Alfred Moore, an officer in the American Revolutionary War and associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

In 1907 parts of Moore County and Chatham County were combined to form Lee County.

Townships

The county is divided into ten townships, which are both numbered and named: 1 (Carthage), 2 (Bensalem), 3 (Sheffields), 4 (Ritter), 5 (Deep River), 6 (Greenwood), 7 (McNeill), 8 (Sandhill), 9 (Mineral Springs), and 10 (Little River).

Adjacent counties

• Chatham County, North Carolina - north-northeast
• Lee County, North Carolina - northeast
• Harnett County, North Carolina - east
• Cumberland County, North Carolina - southeast
• Hoke County, North Carolina - south-southeast
• Richmond County, North Carolina - south-southwest
• Montgomery County, North Carolina - west
• Randolph County, North Carolina - north-northwest
• Scotland County, North Carolina - south

Including Iredell County, Moore County has borders with 9 counties in North Carolina. They are the only counties in the United States sharing borders with 9 adjacent counties.

Cities and towns

Map of Moore County, North Carolina With Municipal and Township Labels

• Aberdeen
• Cameron
• Carthage
• Foxfire
• Pinebluff
• Pinehurst
• Robbins
• Seven Lakes
• Southern Pines
• Taylortown
• Vass
• West End
• Whispering Pines

External links

• Moore County government official website
• Go Sandhills History
• Moore County boy scouts
• Moore County Historical Association

This page uses content from the English language Wikipedia adapted for use as a quick research reference on this wiki. The original content was here: Moore County, North Carolina. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with the ENC Phillips Group Wiki, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons License.