Gazetteer/Almanac
Headnote
ONSLOW COUNTY, situated on the southeast boundary of North Carolina, with the Atlantic Ocean on the southeast. Area, 720 square miles. Face of the country, flat; soil, sterile. Seat of justice, Onslow c. h. Pop. in 1810, 6,669; in 1820, 7,018; in 1830, 7,814; in 1840, 7,527; in 1850, 8,283. (Fanning's, 1853)