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| Website | https://www.burkenc.org/ |
| Established | June 01, 1777 |
| Disbanded | Still Active |
| Last Modified | RP March 28, 2023 11:16am |
| Description | Burke County is governed bBurke Commissioners Group Photoy a five-member Board of Commissioners, elected at large to serve four-year terms. Terms are staggered so that, every two years, three or four commissioner seats are up for election.
The Burke County Board of Commissioners’ regular meetings are held on the third (3rd) Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. in the County Board Room, Burke County Services Building, Door E, 110 N. Green Steet in Morganton, N.C. Regular meetings are open to the public, include a public comment period (Informal Public Comments) and they are streamed live on YouTube at BurkeCountyNC. |
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February 16, 1859 -
BURKE lost to CALDWELL.
(N.C. Sess. Laws 1858-1859, priv., ch. 103, secs. 1-2/pp. 94-95)
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December 19, 1842 -
February 16, 1859
BURKE lost to creation of MCDOWELL.
(N.C. Sess. Laws 1842-1843, pub., ch. 10, sec. 1/p. 14)
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January 11, 1841 -
December 19, 1842
BURKE lost to creation of CALDWELL.
(N.C. Sess. Laws 1840-1841, pub., ch. 11, secs. 1-2/pp. 31-32)
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January 13, 1834 -
January 11, 1841
BURKE lost to creation of YANCEY.
(N.C. Sess. Laws 1833, ch. 83, sec. 1/pp. 145-146, and ch. 84, sec. 10/p. 147)
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November 21, 1814 -
January 13, 1834
BURKE gained from ASHE.
(N.C. Sess. Laws 1814, ch. 72, sec. 1/p. 27)
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December 21, 1809 -
November 21, 1814
BURKE lost to RUTHERFORD.
(N.C. Sess. Laws 1809, ch. 14, secs. 1, 3/p. 7)
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December 14, 1807 -
December 21, 1809
BURKE lost to RUTHERFORD.
(N.C. Sess. Laws 1807, ch. 70, sec. 1/p. 313; ch. 71, sec. 1/pp. 313-314)
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January 11, 1794 -
December 14, 1807
BURKE lost to IREDELL.
(N.C. Sess. Laws 1793, ch. 31, sec. 1/p. 49)
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January 19, 1792 -
January 11, 1794
BURKE lost to creation of BUNCOMBE.
(N.C. Sess. Laws 1791, ch. 52, sec. 1/pp. 20-21)
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December 22, 1789 -
January 19, 1792
BURKE lost to WILKES.
(N.C. Recs., ch. 43, sec. 1/25:43)
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January 06, 1787 -
December 22, 1789
BURKE lost to RUTHERFORD.
(N.C. Recs., ch. 43, sec. 1/24:845-846)
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June 02, 1784 -
January 06, 1787
BURKE lost to LINCOLN.
(N.C. Recs., ch. 78, secs. 1-2/24:646)
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May 12, 1782 -
June 02, 1784
BURKE lost to LINCOLN.
(N.C. Recs., ch. 45, secs. 1-2/24:472-473)
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December 24, 1777 -
May 12, 1782
BURKE gained from unorganized territory.
(N.C. Recs., ch. 31, secs. 1-2/24:141-142)
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June 01, 1777 -
December 24, 1777
BURKE created from ROWAN; western boundary limit was indefinite.
(N.C. Recs., ch. 19, secs. 1-2/24:28-30)
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