Gates County, North Carolina

Founding: 1779
Parent counties: Chowan, Hertford, and Perquimans
Namesake: Horatio Gates, Continental Army officer
Seat: Gatesville (1781–)
Land area: 340 square miles
Population (2020): 10,478
Population (historic): 5,386 (1790); 7,866 (1830); 7,724 (1870); 10,413 (1900); 10,551 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1860; 1870–1930; 1970–2010

Subdivisions: One town; one CDP
National Register listings: 10
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 463 (10%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 25.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 17.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 22.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 29.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $746
Average outbuilding value (1930): $238

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.1 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 1,583
Average farm size (1920): 31 acres
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Gatesville

 
Namesake: Horatio Gates, Continental Army officer
Founding: 1781 (founding); 1804 (post office); 1830 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 267
Population (historic): 156 (1870); 232 (1890); 203 (1910); 320 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1890; 1900–1930; 1940–1960; 1970s; 2000s

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 42 (27.5%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Buckland / William Baker House (c. 1795). 463 Hackley Road. Federal.
2. *John Roberts House (c. 1830/1860). Carter's Road, west of Indian Neck Road. Greek Revival. Razed.
3. *Story Farm (1887). 471 US Highway 13. Italianate.