What are the Top 10 oldest towns in North Carolina?
Here is a list of the Top 10 oldest towns in North Carolina (United States).
| Town | Founded | Founder | County | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bath | 1705 | French Huguenots | Beaufort |
| 2. | New Bern | 1710 | Christoph von Graffenried | Craven |
| 3. | Edenton | 1712 | Chowan | |
| 4. | Beaufort | 1713 | Carteret | |
| 5. | Brunswick Town | 1725 | Col. Maurice Moore | |
| 6. | Hillsborough | 1754 | William Churton | Orange |
| 7. | Halifax | 1757 | Halifax | |
| 8. | Bethania | 1759 | Moravian Brethren of Wachovia | Forsyth |
| 9. | Old Salem, Winston-Salemn | 1766 | Moravian community | Forsyth |
| 10. | Ruthrfordton | 1787 | James Adair | Rutherford |