Gazetteer/Almanac
Headnote
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, situated on the north boundary of North Carolina, with Roanoke river on the southwest. Area, 546 square miles. Face of the country even; soil good. Seat of justice, Jackson. Pop. in 1810, 13,087; in 1820, 13,242; in 1830, 13,103; in 1840, 13,369; in 1850, 13,335. (Fanning's, 1853)