Tyrrell County, North Carolina

Founding: 1729
Parent counties: Bertie, Chowan, Pasquotank, and Perquimans

Namesake: John Tyrrell, North Carolina lord proprietor
Seat: Kendrick Creek (1749–1799); Columbia (1799–)

Land area: 389 square miles

Population (2020): 3,245

Population (historic): 4,826 (1790); 4,657 (1840); 4,173 (1870); 4,980 (1900); 5,164 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790; 1810–1830; 1840s; 1870s; 1890–1910; 1920–1940; 1970s; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: One town

National Register listings: Three

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 255 (11.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 29.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 11.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 27%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 29.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $504
Average outbuilding value (1930): $238
Number of farms (1920): 643
Average farm size (1920): 28.9 acres
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Columbia

Namesake: A poetic reference to Christopher Columbus

Founding: circa 1793 (platting as Elizabeth Town); 1819 (post office)

Population (2020): 610

Population (historic): 166 (1880); 382 (1900); 864 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1910; 1920–1950; 1980s; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 121 (23.2%)
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