Currituck County, North Carolina

 

Founding: 1684
Parent county: Albemarle

Namesake: Currituck Sound
Seat: Currituck (1739–)

Land area: 262 square miles

Population (2020): 28,100

Population (historic): 5,220 (1790); 6,703 (1840); 5,131 (1870); 6,529 (1900); 6,710 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1820; 1840–1860; 1870–1890; 1900s; 1950–2020

Subdivisions: Two CDPs

National Register listings: 13

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 492 (3.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 30.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 21.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 22.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,025
Average outbuilding value (1930): $472
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 984
Average farm size (1920): 51.4 acres
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Currituck

Namesake: Currituck County

Founding: circa 1722 (founding); 1808 (post office)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. *William Shaw House (c. 1885). 823 Shawboro Road. Crawford. Italianate.
2. *House (c. 1750). Southern shore of MacKay Island. Fruitville. Razed.
3. *Currituck Beach Lightkeeper's House (1873). 1101 Corolla Village Road. Poplar Branch. Stick.