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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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.

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