Caldwell County Government, where progress meets tradition.

Friday - May 9, 2008  

Official Web site of Caldwell County, NC

County Elections Results (Unofficial)

State Election Results (Unofficial)

Budget Message 2008-2009 Fiscal Year

2008-2009 Budget Calendar

2007 County Tax Rates
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Caldwell County Commissioner's next meeting will be held at 6pm, Monday, May 19th at the City/County Chambers.

2007-2008 County Services Fee Schedule

Caldwell County, carved from the counties of Burke and Wilkes, was actually formed in January 1841, several weeks after the bill was introduced in the legislature.  The bill to establish the county was rejected in 1839 because a faction within the state legislature wished to form two Democratic counties instead of one Whig county.  The bill was reintroduced by Representative Elisha P. Miller on November 19, 1840.  The bill of 1840 proposed to establish a county from Burke and Wilkes to be named Boone.  It was first read and rejected on December 5, 1840.  It was read a second time and passed by the casting vote of the Speaker, Robert B. Gilliam on December 14, 1840.  There was some confusion over the selection of the name, however, but when Charles Manley, Clerk of the House, suggested to Representative Miller that the county be named for Dr. Joseph Caldwell, former President of the University of North Carolina and advocator of a public school system and a railroad system stretching from Morehead City through the questioned county to Tennessee, the bill was ratified and signed on January 11, 1841.

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Caldwell County Stormwater Plan

Caldwell County Comprehensive Plan - 2007

Sample Primary Election Ballots

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