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

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.

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