Perquimans County, North Carolina

Founding: 1671
Parent county: Albemarle
Namesake: The Perquimans River
Seat: Hertford (1722–)
Land area: 247 square miles
Population (2020): 13,005
Population (historic): 5,439 (1790); 7,346 (1840); 7,945 (1870); 10,091 (1900); 10,668 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1830; 1860–1880; 1890–1920; 1970–2010

Subdivisions: Two towns
National Register listings: 18
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 819 (13.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 33.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 17.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 27.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 28%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $698
Average outbuilding value (1930): $348

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.3 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 1,462
Average farm size (1920): 33.1 acres
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Hertford

 
Namesake: Hertford, England
Founding: 1722 (founding as Phelps Point); 1758 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 1,934
Population (historic): 369 (1850); 486 (1870); 733 (1890); 1,841 (1910); 1,914 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1910; 1920–1950; 1980s; 2000s

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 203 (15.7%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Belvidere / Thomas Newby House (c. 1767). 1602 Belvidere Road. Georgian.
2. *William Mitchell House (c. 1832). 1066 County Line Road. Federal.
3. *Thomas Long Farm (c. 1730). 246 Holiday Island Road.
4. *Isaac White House (c. 1716). 612 Holiday Island Road.
5. *Abraham Sanders House (c. 1730). 151 Newbold–White Road.
6. *Joseph Sutton House (c. 1745). 1124 New Hope Road.
7. *Land's End / James Leigh Farm (c. 1830). 3562 New Hope Road. Greek Revival.
8. *William Fletcher House (c. 1820). 385 Old Neck Road.
9. *Cove Grove / Benjamin Skinner Farm (c. 1830). 610 Old Neck Road. Federal/Greek Revival.
10. *Stockton / Josiah Granbery House (c. 1845). 416 Woodville Road. Greek Revival.