Wake County, NCGenWeb

Directories can help provide insight into people & businesses of the area.  The following directory resources may be helpful in your research.

• 1872 – NC Business Directory
• 1880-1881 – Raleigh City Directory
• 1883 – Raleigh City Directory
• 1886 – Raleigh City Directory
• 1887 – Raleigh City Directory
• 1888 – Raleigh City Directory
• 1891 – Farmers & Landowners – abstracted from Branson’s 1891 directory. Browse by name or by township.
• 1896 – 1897 — Raleigh City Directory
• 1899-1900 directory – find people listed in this directory from Maloney’s directory; separate listing for African-Americans.  You can also see it @ the Internet Archive.
• 1901 – Maloney’s  Raleigh City Directory
• 1903 – Raleigh City Directory
• 1904 – NC Yearbook & Business Directory
• 1905 – NC Yearbook & Business Directory
• 1905-1906 — Raleigh City Directory
• 1906 – NC Yearbook & Business Directory
• 1907-1908 — Raleigh City Directory
• 1909-1910 — Raleigh City Directory
• 1910 – NC Yearbook & Business Directory
• 1911 – NC Yearbook & Business Directory
• 1911-1912 – Raleigh City Directory
• 1912 – NC Yearbook & Business Directory
• 1913 – NC Yearbook & Business Directory
• 1915 – NC Yearbook & Business Directory
• 1915-1916 – Raleigh City Directory
• 1916 - NC Yearbook & Business Directory
• 1917 – Raleigh City Directory
• 1918-1919 – Raleigh City Directory
• 1919-1920 — Raleigh City Directory
• 1921 – Hill’s Raleigh City Directory
• 1921-1922 – Raleigh City Directory
• 1922-1923 – Raleigh City Directory
• 1923-1924 – Hill’s Raleigh City Directory
• 1925 – Hill’s Raleigh City Directory
• 1927 – Hill’s Raleigh City Directory
• 1929 – Hill’s Raleigh City Directory
• 1930 City Directory – includes name index as well as original scans
• 1931 – Raleigh City Directory
• 1931 – Hill’s Raleigh City Directory
• 1932 – Hill’s Raleigh City Directory
• 1933 – Hill’s Raleigh City Directory
• 1934 – Hill’s Raleigh City Directory
• 1935 – Hill’s Raleigh City Directory
• 1939 – News & Observer Raleigh Directory
• 1940 – Hill’s Raleigh City Directory
• 1943-1944 – Raleigh City Directory