Columbus County, NC

Headnote

COLUMBUS COUNTY, situated on the southern boundary of North Carolina. Area, 600 square miles. Faсе of the country generally flat; soil of middling quality. Seat of justice, Whitesville. Pop. in 1820, 1,912; in 1830, 4,141; in 1840, 3,941; in 1850, 5,909. (Fanning's, 1853)

Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
North Carolina

Columbus County, North Carolina (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
COLUMBUS COUNTY, situated on the southern boundary of North Carolina. Area, 600 square miles. Faсе of the country generally flat; soil of middling quality. Seat of justice, Whitesville. Pop. in 1820, 1,912; in 1830, 4,141; in 1840, 3,941; in 1850, 5,909.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 89.
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