List of historical societies in North Carolina

Sign of the Anson County Historical Society in North Carolina (photo 2001)

The following is a list of historical societies in the state of North Carolina, United States. ^{[1] [2]}

Organizations

• Alliance for Historic Hillsborough  ^{[ d ]}
• Anson County Historical Society  ^{[ d ]}
• Beaufort Historical Association  ^{[ d ]}
• Bessemer City History & Arts Society  ^{[ d ]}
• Blowing Rock Historical Society  ^{[ d ] [3]}
• Carteret County Historical Society  ^{[ d ] [3]}
• Chapel Hill Historical Society  ^{[ d ]}
• Chatham County Historical Association  ^{[ d ]}
• Clemmons Historical Society  ^{[ d ]}
• Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society  ^{[ d ]}
• Friends of the Page-Walker Hotel, Cary^{[ citation needed ]}
• Gates County Historical Society  ^{[ d ]}
• Henderson County Genealogical & Historical Society  ^{[ d ]}
• High Point Historical Society  ^{[ d ]}
• Highlands Historical Society, North Carolina  ^{[ d ]}
• Historic Cabarrus Association  ^{[ d ]}
• Historical Association of Catawba County  ^{[ d ]}
• Historical Foundation of Hillsborough and Orange County  ^{[ d ]}
• The Historical Society of North Carolina, Chapel Hill^{[ citation needed ]}
• Lawndale Historical Society  ^{[ d ]}
• Lincoln County Historical Association, North Carolina  ^{[ d ]}
• Lower Cape Fear Historical Society  ^{[ d ]}
• Macon County Historical Society  ^{[ d ]}
• Martin County Historical Society  ^{[ d ]}
• Mecklenburg Historical Association  ^{[ d ]}
• Mitchell County Historical Society  ^{[ d ]}
• Moore County Historical Association  ^{[ d ]}
• Murfreesboro Historical Association  ^{[ d ]}
• New Bern Historical Society Foundation  ^{[ d ]}
• North Carolina Literary and Historical Society  ^{[ d ]}
• Onslow County Historical Society  ^{[ d ]}
• Pitt County Historical Society, Inc.  ^{[ d ]}
• Polk County Historical Association , Polk County, NC
• Roanoke Island Historical Association  ^{[ d ]}
• Rockingham County Historical Society Museum and Archives  ^{[ d ]}
• Southport Historical Society  ^{[ d ]}
• Stanly County Historical Society  ^{[ d ]}
• Stokes County Historical Society  ^{[ d ]}
• Tryon Historical Museum , Tryon, NC
• Wachovia Historical Society  ^{[ d ]}
• Wake County Historical Society  ^{[ d ]}
• Wake Forest Historical Museum
• Wayne County Historical Association  ^{[ d ]}
• Wendell Historical Society  ^{[ d ]}
• Western North Carolina Historical Association  ^{[ d ]}

See also

• History of North Carolina
• List of museums in North Carolina
• National Register of Historic Places listings in North Carolina
• List of historical societies in the United States

References

1. American Association for State and Local History (2002), Directory of historical organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.), AltaMira Press – via Internet Archive
2. "Nonprofit Explorer", propublica.org, New York: ProPublica , retrieved June 25, 2025
3. Social Networks and Archival Context, United States: SNAC Cooperative , retrieved June 25, 2025

Further reading

• Appleton P. C. Griffin (1907), "North Carolina", Bibliography of American Historical Societies (2nd ed.), Washington DC: Government Printing Office, p. 748+ – via HathiTrust
• American Association for State and Local History (1944), "North Carolina", Historical societies in the United States and Canada: a handbook, Washington, D.C, p. 135+ – via HathiTrust

External links

• Digital Public Library of America. Assorted items related to historical societies in North Carolina
• Library of Congress, North Carolina: Local History & Genealogy Resource Guide, Research Guides, Washington DC