NC General Statutes

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-10 (2026)

State has 100 counties

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North Carolina has 100 counties. They are: Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Ashe, Avery, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Camden, Carteret, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cherokee, Chowan, Clay, Cleveland, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Davidson, Davie, Duplin, Durham, Edgecombe, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Gates, Graham, Granville, Greene, Guilford, Halifax, Harnett, Haywood, Henderson, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Iredell, Jackson, Johnston, Jones, Lee, Lenoir, Lincoln, Macon, Madison, Martin, McDowell, Mecklenburg, Mitchell, Montgomery, Moore, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Orange, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Person, Pitt, Polk, Randolph, Richmond, Robeson, Rockingham, Rowan, Rutherford, Sampson, Scotland, Stanly, Stokes, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Tyrrell, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, Washington, Watauga, Wayne, Wilkes, Wilson, Yadkin, and Yancey. (1973, c. 822, s. 1.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1980–2011 · leading case: McNeill v. Durham Cnty. ABC Bd., 368 S.E.2d 619 (N.C. 1988).

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McNeill v. Durham Cnty. ABC Bd., 368 S.E.2d 619 (N.C. 1988). · cites it 6× “§ 153A-13, which provides that a county is one of the one hundred listed in N.C.G.S. § 153A-10, and thus the term "county" does not encompass a local ABC board.”

Graham Cnty. Bd. of Elections v. Graham Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners, 712 S.E.2d 372 (N.C. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-10 (2009) (providing that “North Carolina has 100 counties” and naming them).”

In Re the Appeal of the Univ. of North Carolina, 268 S.E.2d 472 (N.C. 1980). “The University is an agency of the State of North Carolina; thus property owned by UNC is in effect owned by the State.”

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