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Τον Δεκέμβριο 1770, ο [[Οίκος Τζόελ Λέιν|Τζόελ Λέιν]] επιτυχώς αιτήθηκε στη [[Γενική Συνέλευση της Βόρειας Καρολίνα]] την δημιουργία μιας νέας κομητείας. Στις 5 Ιανουαρίου 1771, το νομοσχέδιο που δημιουργούας την Κομητεία Γουέικ πέρασε από την Γενική Συνέλευση, οδηγώντας στη δημιουργία της Κομητείας Γουέικ. Η κομητεία δημιουργήθηκε από τμήματα των κομητειών [[Κομητεία Κάμπερλαντ (Βόρεια Καρολίνα)|Κάμπερλαντ]], της [[Κομητεία Όραντζ (Βόρεια Καρολίνα)|Όραντζ]], και της [[Κομητεία Τζόνστον (Βόρεια Καρολίνα)|Τζόνστον]]. Η κομητεία πήρε το όνομά της από την Μάργκαρετ Γουέικ Τράιον, σύζυγο του Κυβερνήτη [[Ουίλλιαμ Τράιον]]. Η πρώτη κομητειακή έδρα ήταν το Μπλούμσμπερρυ.
Η [[Νέα Βέρνη]], μια κωμόπολη [[λιμάνι]] 35 mi από τον [[Ατλαντικός Ωκεανός|Ατλαντικό Ωκεανό]], ήταν η μεγαλύτερη πόλη και η πρωτεύουσα της Βόρειας Καρολίνα κατά την [[Αμερικανική Επανάσταση]]. όταν ο βρετανικός Στρατός laid siege to it, governing from that location on the wide [[Neuse River]] became infeasible. Raleigh, being centrally located in the state, was chosen as the site of the new capital in 1788. Officially established in 1792 as both county seat and state capital, the city was named for [[Walter Raleigh|Sir Walter Raleigh]], sponsor of the famously lost colony [[Roanoke Colony|Roanoke]].
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The city's location was chosen, in part, for being within 11 miles (16 km) of Isaac Hunter's Tavern, a popular [[tavern]] frequented by the [[State legislature (United States)|state legislators]]. No known city or town existed previously on the chosen city site. Raleigh is one of the few cities in the United States that was planned and built specifically to serve as a [[List of capitals in the United States|state capital]]. Its original boundaries were formed by the downtown streets of North, East, West and South streets. It was planned to be laid out in an axial fashion, with four public squares and one central square.<ref name="nc architecture">{{cite book
| url=http://books.google.com/?id=NccTgQkmPIEC
| publisher=''[[University of North Carolina Press|UNC Press]]''
| year=2005|page=73
| title=North Carolina Architecture |first=Catherine |last=Bishir
| isbn=978-0-8078-5624-6}}</ref>
The [[North Carolina General Assembly]] first met in Raleigh in December 1794, and quickly granted the city a [[charter]], with a board of seven appointed [[commissioner]]s (elected by the city after 1803) and an "[[Intendant]] of Police" (which would eventually become the office of [[Mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina|Mayor]]) to govern it. In 1799, the ''N.C. Minerva and Raleigh Advertiser'' became the first newspaper published in Raleigh.
<ref name="cityhistory">{{cite web| last=| first=| title=City of Raleigh Years (1587 - 1844)| work=| publisher=City of Raleigh| date=| url=http://www.raleigh-nc.org/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_2_306_202_0_43/http%3B/pt03/DIG_Web_Content/category/Resident/Raleigh_At_A_Glance/History_of_Raleigh/Cat-2CA-2006109-095008-History_of_Raleigh__1587.html| accessdate=2008-03-17}}</ref> [[John Haywood]] was the first Intendant of Police.<ref name="haywood">{{cite web| last=| first=| title=About John Haywood| work=| publisher=NSCDA| date=| url=http://haywoodhall.org/Haywood/haywood.html| accessdate=2006-09-07}}</ref> Raleigh's [[Historic Oakwood]] contains many houses from the 19th century that are still in good condition.
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