THE NORTH CAROLINA GAZETTEER A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places By: William S. Powell CREATION OF NEW NORFOLK The County of NORFOLK was created in 1636 by authories in Virginia to give Henry Frederick Howard , Lord Maltravers, a specific area for his proposed settlement. Maltravers in 1632 acquired the Heath Grant (see CAROLANA).This new county extended from about the site of present Suffolk County, VA. To New Bern, NC. It was into the area that the earliest settlers of what is now North Carolina began to move from Virginia. The County of Norfolk was soon divided into Upper Norfolk and Lower Norfolk counties, with the latter containing the region which later became a part of North Carolina. CAROLANA, a province proposed to be established in America and named in the charter of King Charles I to Sir Robert Heath, 30-Oct-1629. The province was to extend from 31 degrees to 36 degrees north latitude along the Atlantic Ocean and presumably west to the Pacific Ocean. No settlements were made, and the charter was considered vacated in 1663 when CAROLINA was granted to Eight Lord Proprietors by King Charles II of England in his own honor. CAROLINA was applied to the region between Florida and the Virginia Colony and extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250