Hyde County, North Carolina

Founding: 1705
Parent county: Bath

Namesake: Edward Hyde, North Carolina governor
Seat: Woodstock (1739–1789); Germantown (1789–1820); Lake Landing (1820–1836); Swan Quarter (1836–)

Land area: 613 square miles

Population (2020): 4,589

Population (historic): 4,204 (1790); 6,458 (1840); 6,445 (1870); 9,278 (1900); 8,550 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1810; 1820–1860; 1870–1900; 1920s; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: Four CDPs; five townships

National Register listings: 11

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 225 (6.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 28.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 17.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 42.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 40.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $366
Average outbuilding value (1930): $201
Number of farms (1920): 1,148
Average farm size (1920): 32.3 acres
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Swan Quarter

Namesake: Uncertain—perhaps Samuel Swann, early North Carolina resident

Founding: pre-1836 (founding); 1839 (post office)

Population (2020): 275

Pre-1939 residences (estimated): 29 (14.7%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *William Murray House (c. 1860). 3435 North Lake Road. Gothic Revival.
2. *Thomas Mann House (c. 1885). 8195 Piney Woods Road. Italianate/Eastlake.
3. *Laura Blackwell House (c. 1855). 8945 Piney Woods Road. Italianate.
4. *George Credle House (1852). 9833 US Highway 264. Greek Revival.
5. *Riley Murray House (c. 1825). 28754 US Highway 264.
6. *David Wallace House (c. 1815). 29954 US Highway 264.
7. *Inkwell / William Sparrow House (c. 1855). 30868 US Highway 264. Italianate.
8. *Amity Methodist Church (c. 1852). 31655 US Highway 264. Greek Revival.
9. *St. George's Episcopal Church (1874). 31681 US Highway 264. Gothic Revival.
10. *Richard Wynn House (1848). 32742 US Highway 264. Lake Landing.
11. *Elisha Sewell House (c. 1905). 955 White Plains Road. Classical Revival.