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

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); 1903 (incorporation)

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.

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