Craven County, North Carolina Genealogy

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County Courthouse
For wills and estate records contact:

Estates Division Craven County Clerk of Court 302 Broad Street New Bern, NC 28560 (252) 639-9004

For Vital Records (births, deaths, marriages) and Land Records contact:

Craven County Register of Deeds 226 Pollock Street New Bern, NC 28560 (252) 636-6617 Online indexes available at http://deeds.cravencounty.com/default.aspx

History
1.) Craven County one of three counties (Albemarle and Clarendon being the others) set up in 1664 by the Lords Proprietors of Carolina. Its territory embraced what later became South Carolina. 2.) Craven County was established in 1705 as Archdale Precinct of Bath County, although there is evidence that an Archdale County existed as early as 1696. The name was changed to Craven County about 1712. 3.) Craven County included the Ashley River settlement known as Charles Town (Charleston, South Carolina).

Parent County
1705--Craven County was created 3 December 1705 from the Archdale Precinct of Bath County. Bath County was abolished in 1739. County seat: New Bern

Populated Places

 * Bridgeton (2001 population: 201)
 * Cove City (2001 population: 425)
 * Dover (2001 population: 443)
 * Havelock (2001 population: 22,463)
 * New Bern (2001 population: 23,415)
 * River Bend (2001 population: 2,918)
 * Trent Woods (2001 population: 4,186)
 * Vanceboro (2001 population: 892)

Neighboring Counties

 * Beaufort
 * Carteret
 * Jones
 * Lenoir
 * Pamlico
 * Pitt

Craven County Genealogical Society of North Carolina, Inc.
PO Box 1344 New Bern, NC 28563-1344

http://www.cravengenealogy.org

New Bern Historical Society
512 Pollock Street New Bern, NC 28560

http://www.newbernhistorical.org

New Bern-Craven County Public Library
400 Johnson Street New Bern, NC 28560-4098

http://newbern.cpclib.org

Kellenberger Room website: http://newbern.cpclib.org/research

Godwin Memorial Library
Craven Community College Barker Hall 800 College Court New Bern, NC 28562

http://www.cravencc.edu/educational/learningresources.cfm

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog