North Carolina Geography Bibliography

Cumming, William P. The Southeast in Early Maps. 3rd ed. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1998.

Frank, Andrew K. The Routledge Historical Atlas of the American South. New York: Routledge, 1999.

Gade, Ole, Arthur B. Rex, and James E. Young. North Carolina: People and Environments. Boone, NC: Parkway Publishers, 2002.

Geography for Life and the African American Experience. Boone, NC: North Carolina Geographic Alliance, 1999.

Orr, Douglas M., and Alfred W. Stuart, eds. The North Carolina Atlas: Portrait for a New Century. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000.

Powell, William S. The North Carolina Gazetteer. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1968.

Ross, Thomas E. American Indians in North Carolina: Geographic Interpretations. Southern Pines, NC: Karo Hollow Press, 1999.

Rucker, John. North Carolina: Portrait of the Land of the People. Helena, MT: American Geographic Publishing, 1989.

Tetterton, Beverly, and Glenn Tetterton. North Carolina County Fact Book. Vols. 1 and 2. Wendell, NC: Broadfoot’s of Wendell, 1998.

For Students

Crane, Carol. T Is for Tar Heel: A North Carolina Alphabet. Chelsea, MI: Sleeping Bear Press, 2003.

Marsh, Carole. North Carolina Geography Projects: 30 Cool Activities, Crafts, Experiments & More for Kids to Do to Learn about Your State! Peachtree City, GA: Gallopade International, 2003.

Marsh, Carole. North Carolina Jography!: A Fun Run thru Our State. Peachtree City, GA: Gallopade International, 1988.

Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine:

  • Spring 2005, "What's in a Name? North Carolina Places and Their Names"
  • Spring 1995, "Migration and Settlement in North Carolina"
  • Spring 1991, "North Carolina Mountains"
  • Fall 1991, "Folklife"
  • Spring 1990, "North Carolina’s Piedmont"
  • Spring 1989, "North Carolina’s Coastal Plain"

Tar Heel Junior Historian is produced twice a year by the North Carolina Museum of History for students in grades 4 through 12. See http://www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/thjha/magazine.html for more information on the magazine. Many school and some public libraries in the state carry the magazine. In addition, some back issues are available for purchase.