Gazetteer/Almanac
Headnote
MOORE COUNTY, situated in the central part of North Carolina. Area, 740 square miles. Face of the country, hilly; soil, generally sterile. Seat of justice, Carthage. Pop. in 1810, 6,367; in 1820, 7,128; in 1830, 7,753; in 1840, 7,988; in 1850, 9,342. (Fanning's, 1853)