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Official Website

The county was formed in 1750 from New Hanover County. It was named for Thomas Hay, Viscount Dupplin (later 9th Earl of Kinnoull), as he was known when he served on the Board of Trade and Plantations in England in the 1740s.

In 1784 the western part of Duplin County became Sampson County.

Adjacent Counties

• Wayne County
• Lenoir County
• Jones County
• Onslow County
• Pender County
• Sampson County

Towns

• Beaulaville
• Calypso
• Faison (part)
• Greenevers
• Harrells (part)
• Kenansville (County Seat)
• Magnolia
• Mount Olive (part)
• Rose Hill
• Teachey
• Wallace (part)
• Warsaw

Other Townships & Communities: Albertson, Chinquapin, Cypress Creek, Fountaintown, Glisson, Hallsville, Island Creek, Kornegay, Limestone, Murphey, Pasley, Potters Hill, Rockfish, Smith and Wolfscrape

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of North Carolina

Links

Wikipedia

Ancestral Trackers (includes census & slave schedules]

National Register of Historic Places

Genealogy Trails

Lost Souls Genealogy - Duplin County

NC Gen Web

USGW Archives

NC Genealogy Duplin County Estate Files

Roots Web

RAOGK