Carteret Precinct, North Carolina Genealogy

United States   North Carolina    Carteret Precinct

About 1680 the Lord Proprietors of North Carolina renamed Currituck Precinct the Carteret Precinct (not to be confused with the later Carteret County of a different location). However, the new name was not accepted or used outside of official circles by the precinct residents. By the mid-1680s the name was changed back to Currituck. The name has remained Currituck ever since.

Records of the extinct Carteret Precinct can be found in repositories of Currituck County, or at the North Carolina State Archives.