This could affect 27 homeowners who would end up in a different county or have their property divided between the two. In November 2017, commissioners of Wake and Harnett counties discussed the possibility of redrawing the line between the counties using the latest technology. In August 2014, the county population surpassed 1,000,000 people. Space for county government in the building grew increasingly inadequate in the 1960s, and another courthouse was built in 1970. About 7.80% of the population was below the federal poverty line.Ī county courthouse was built in 1915. In the same period, the per capita income decreased from $44,472 to $31,579, especially for women. In the 20th century, the average per capita income for the county was of $54,988, and the median income for a family was of $67,149. Several days later the two generals met at Bennett Place near Durham on April 17, 1865, to begin discussing the terms of what would become the largest surrender of the war. Later, General Johnston sent a courier to the Federal encampments at Morrisville with a message for Major General Sherman requesting a conference to discuss an armistice. However, the trains were able to withdraw with wounded from the Battle of Bentonville and the Battle of Averasboro. Kilpatrick used artillery on the heights overlooking Morrisville Station and cavalry charges to push the Confederates out of the small village leaving many needed supplies behind. They had been frantically trying to transport their remaining supplies and wounded by rail westward toward the final Confederate encampment in Greensboro, NC. General Judson Kilpatrick, commanding officer of the Union cavalry advance, compelled Confederate forces under the command of Generals Wade Hampton III and Joseph Wheeler to withdraw in haste. It was the last official battle of the Civil War between the armies of Major General William T.

The Battle at Morrisville Station was fought April 13–15, 1865 in Morrisville, North Carolina during the Carolinas Campaign of the American Civil War. The city of Raleigh became both the state capital and the new seat of Wake County. Raleigh had never set foot in North Carolina, but he had sponsored the establishment of the first English colony in North America on North Carolina's Roanoke Island in 1585. Raleigh was named after Sir Walter Raleigh, and established in 1792 on 1,000 acres (4.0 km 2) purchased from Lane. Lane named Wake County in honor of Margaret Wake, wife of colonial Governor William Tryon. The next day, the vote went in Lane's favor. The commission members favored land owned by Colonel John Hinton across the Neuse River, but the night before the final vote the committee adjourned to the home of Joel Lane for an evening of food and spirits. In 1792, a commission was appointed to select a site to build a permanent state capital. Fayetteville was the state capital in 1786, 1789, 1790, and 1793, when Raleigh became the permanent state capital in 1794. For several years during and after the Revolutionary War there was no capital, and the General Assembly met in various locations. Parts were included in Franklin County in 1787, and in Durham County in both 18.ĭuring the colonial period of North Carolina, the state capital was New Bern. Wake County lost some of its territory through the formation of other counties. In 1771, the first elections and court were held, and the first militia units were organized. The first courthouse was built at a village originally called Wake Courthouse, now known as Bloomsbury. Wake County was formed in 1770 from parts of Cumberland County, Johnston County, and Orange County. Prior to English colonization, present-day Wake County was part of the Tuscarora nation.

11.2 County parks and recreation centers.

4.1 State and local protected areas/sites.

It is also part of the wider Triangle J Council of Governments which governs regional planning. It is governed by the Wake County Board of Commissioners, coterminous with the Wake County Public School System school district, with law enforcement provided by the Wake County Sheriff's Department. Eleven other municipalities are in Wake County, the largest of which is Cary, the third largest city of the Research Triangle region and the seventh largest municipality in North Carolina. Its county seat is Raleigh, which is also the state capital.

From July 2005 to July 2006, Wake County was the 9th fastest-growing county in the United States, with the town of Cary and the city of Raleigh being the 8th and 15th fastest-growing cities, respectively.

In 2021, the population was 1,150,204, making it North Carolina's most populous county.

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