<Ul> <Li> Between 1794 and 1797, the United States District Court for the District of North Carolina was divided into the United States District Courts for the Districts of Edenton, New Bern, and Wilmington . </Li> <Li> Between 1801 and 1802, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey was divided into the United States District Courts for the Districts of East Jersey and West Jersey . </Li> <Li> When California was admitted as a state in 1850, it was initially divided into two districts, the Northern and the Southern . The Southern District of California was abolished on July 27, 1866, and the State made to constitute one district, the statute providing that the Judge of the Northern District exercise the powers of the United States District Court for the District of California, and that all records of the Southern District Court be delivered to the Clerk of the Northern District Court . Twenty years later, on August 5, 1886, Congress re-created the Southern District of California . </Li> <Li> Between 1911 and 1961, the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina was divided into the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western District of South Carolina . </Li> <Li> The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois was eliminated and a new United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois was created in its place on October 2, 1978 . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Between 1794 and 1797, the United States District Court for the District of North Carolina was divided into the United States District Courts for the Districts of Edenton, New Bern, and Wilmington . </Li> <Li> Between 1801 and 1802, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey was divided into the United States District Courts for the Districts of East Jersey and West Jersey . </Li> <Li> When California was admitted as a state in 1850, it was initially divided into two districts, the Northern and the Southern . The Southern District of California was abolished on July 27, 1866, and the State made to constitute one district, the statute providing that the Judge of the Northern District exercise the powers of the United States District Court for the District of California, and that all records of the Southern District Court be delivered to the Clerk of the Northern District Court . Twenty years later, on August 5, 1886, Congress re-created the Southern District of California . </Li>

The us district court is the trial level court in the federal court system