Shelby, Hope some of this will be useful. The information was collected 20 years ago, and I hope it was transcribed correctly, so use it as a reference, not as a detail. The books are probably available in any large genealogical research library (if not, they should be). The following information is collected from several NC Business Directories found in the State Archives in Raleigh, NC. It included information on property values, lists businesses and owners, lists population, farming, and trade statistics, numbers of schools, etc. In many ways, it is an expanded Agricultural Schedule for many areas, with details that are not found in the Federal Census records. These references can help you locate a specific individual within the county by occupation, township, value of property, etc. The Business Directories cover NC businesses and industry for 1869, 1877, 1890, 1896, and 1912 by county. A very worthwhile reference for any researcher in NC... Wilson County: 1860: Population 9720, Post Offices: Black Creek, Joyners Depot, Wilson, Stantonsburg 1870: Population 12258, consisting of 7185 white and 5073 colored persons, Townships in 1872: Wilson, Black Creek, Crossroads, Spring Hill, Old Field, Taylors, Joyners, Gardners, Saratoga, Stantonsburg 1890: Population 18644, consisting of 10884 white and 7760 colored persons. Towns and Post Offices: Barnes Store, 30 Black Creek, 375 Boyett, 25 Lucama, 25 Moyton, 20 Saratoga, 175 Stantonsburg, 100 Taylor, 25 Toisnot, 525 Wilson, 3125 1896 Towns and Post Offices: Barnes Store, 50 Black Creek, 500 Boyett, 75 Cliftonville, - Connor, 25 Elm City, 800 Filmore, - Lamm, - Lucama, 200 Meeksville, - Moyton, 50 Saratoga, 300 Stantonsburg, 150 Talbot, 25 Taylor, 50 Wilbanks, 100 Wilson, 5000 There is lots more, including dates of incorporation, population by race, valuation of personal and real property, listing of manpower by occupation, detailed records of crops produced, as well as livestock. Also, the number of mills, mines, ministers, schools, libraries, factories, farmers, farms, physicians, post offices, lawyers, merchants, hotels, churches, vineyards, city and town officers, and more..... Ray Hunt Clayton, NC (Johnston County, NC) Hunt / Dixon / Beckwith of Wilson/Nash County -----Original Message----- From: crockersmith [SMTP:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 9:06 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [NCWILSON-L] RE:Cities/Towns Could or would someone take it upon themselves to list the cities/towns in Wilson Co? Largest to smallest/alphabetical/Earliest to present/? Maybe 10-20 at the time. Chambers of Commerce should have some of this info. I know...could be a lot of work. <G> I also would like to see a list of churches/cemeteries/DISTRICTS and townseats!. If some of this information is online, list the URLs. Shelby