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mar 12, 1771 - The North Carolina General Assembly establishes Wake County (named for Margaret Wake, the wife of North Carolina Royal Governor William Tryon) from portions of Cumberland, Johnston and Orange counties

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Bloomsbury (later known as Wake Courthouse) is made the informal county seat.

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mar 12, 1771
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~ 254 years ago