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
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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