ORANGE CO.,

North Carolina,

United States

Introduction

    

     Orange County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of 2000, the population was 118,227. Its county seat is Hillsborough[1].

     The county was formed in 1752 from parts of Bladen County, Granville County, and Johnston County. It was named for the infant William V of Orange, whose mother Anne, daughter of King George II of Great Britain, was then regent of the Dutch Republic.

     In 1771 Orange County was greatly reduced in area. The western part of it was combined with the eastern part of Rowan County to form Guilford County. Another part was combined with parts of Cumberland County and Johnston

 

 

County to form Wake County. The southern part of what remained became Chatham County.

     In 1777 the northern half of what was left of Orange County became Caswell County. In 1849 the western third of the still shrinking county became Alamance County. Finally, in 1881 the eastern half of the county's remaining territory was combined with part of Wake County to form Durham County.

Adjacent counties are; Person County, North Carolina – northeast; Durham County, North Carolina – east; Chatham County, North Carolina – south; Alamance County, North Carolina – west;  and Caswell County, North Carolina – northwest.

 

Orange County, North Carolina

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COUNTY RECORDS  :

Orange County Clerk of Superior Court has Court Records and Probate Records from 1752 and is located at Courthouse, 106 E Margaret Lane, Hillsborough NC 27278; (919) 245-2210, fax (919) 644-3043.
Orange County Register of Deeds has Land Records from 1752 and Marriage Records from 1779 and is located at PO Box 8181, 200 S. Cameron Str, Hillsborough NC 27278; 919-732-8181, Fax: 919-644-3018, [EMAIL] .

Source: Family History 101 States

 

COUNTY LIBRARY:

Hyconeechee Regional Library

Address: 300 West Tryon Street, Hillsborough, NC 27278

Phone: 919-644-3011
Connect to: Library Web Site   Online Catalog

Library details: Hyconeechee Regional Library System is a Public library. This library is the central facility for the library system that serves Hyconeechee Region, NC

 

Source: lib-web-cats: Search for Libraries

HISTORICAL SOCIETY :

 

Durham-Orange Genealogical Society,

PO Box 4703, Chapel Hill, NC 27515-4703,

Email: D-OGS Administration

 

OTHER:

 The Orange County Historical Museum is located in downtown Hillsborough, NC, at 201 North Churton Street. It contains historical collections ranging from pre-Colonial through the Revolutionary and Civil Wars to the early 1900s. The building, known also as the Confederate Memorial Building, houses the offices of the foundation, as well.

Orange County,

North Carolina

Surnames

The following are surnames of persons, found within our databases,

as having been either born, married or died in this location.

McVicker; Moreland; Pinnell; Scruggs and allied families

Yarborough

Bozarth; Peiffer; Quigley; Rhubart and allied families

 

Dellinger; Knecht; Pfeffer; Silar and allied families

 

To find out more about each surname listed above click on the corresponding LINK.

Additional information regarding these surnames may also be found at:

  Surname Locator Resources

Orange County, North Carolina

Ancestral GenSite(s)

 

 

 

COORDINATES OF IDENTIFIED SITE(s)

 

 

 

DIRECTIONS TO IDENTIFIED SITE(s)

 

INTERNET WEB LINK(s)

 

FAMILY HISTORY NOTES(s)

 

 

Orange County,

North Carolina

 

List of Localities

 

The red star in the map at the left designates the

location of the seat of government for this county.

Source: MapQuest

 

The list below will assist in your research regarding the matching of your ancestors birth, marriage, death dates and in what locality of this county these events may have occurred.  Source:  Wikipedia

The county is divided into seven townships:

Bingham, Cedar Grove, Chapel Hill, Cheeks, Eno, Hillsborough, and Little River

 

Cities and Towns:

Carrboro;   Cedar Grove;   Chapel Hill;   Hillsborough;   Mebane;   Rougemont;

 

Orange County,

North Carolina

Website Resources

The following are links to websites that will provide you with specific

genealogical information to assist with your research for this county. 

General Resource Sites

 

Use the following LINKS to find more information that may pertain to this location.

·        Website & Webpages We Like

·        Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

·        Free Genealogy Search Help For Google

·        Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA

 

·        Genealogy Forum: U.S. States

·        Family Search, IGI Batches, Localities

·        Genealogy.com: Resources by county

·        Rootsweb.com - Localities

 

Orange County,

North Carolina

Image Gallery

 

During our research we have collected images and photographs that are of general interest to a variety of localities.  Some of them are presented on this website because we believe they tend to provide the reader with additional information which may aid in the understanding of our ancestors past lives.

Orange County Historical Society and Museum

 at 201 North Churton Street Hillsborough, NC

 

If you have any photographs or other images relating to this ancestral

 location we would greatly appreciate hearing from you.

Use the following LINK to ascertain whether we have any images that pertain to this location.

ANCESTRAL LOCATION PHOTOGRAPHS and IMAGES

 

Contact Information

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