Pasquotank County, North Carolina

Founding: 1684
Parent county: Albemarle
Namesake: The Pasquotank River
Seat: Winfield (1765–1785); Nixonton (1785–1800); Elizabeth City (1800–)
Land area: 227 square miles
Population (2020): 40,568
Population (historic): 5,477 (1790); 8,514 (1840); 8,131 (1870); 13,660 (1900); 19,143 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790; 1800–1830; 1840s; 1870–2010
Subdivisions: One city; six townships
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,041 (11.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 32.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 10.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 28.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 19.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $798
Average outbuilding value (1930): $434

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.7 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 1,360
Average farm size (1920): 37.5 acres
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Elizabeth City

 
Namesake: Unknown
Founding: 1793 (platting as Redding); 1794 (incorporation); 1797 (post office)
Population (2020): 18,631
Population (historic): 930 (1870); 3,251 (1890); 8,412 (1910); 10,037 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1970; 1980–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,669 (20.1%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Robert Murden House (c. 1750). 182 Brick House Lane. Georgian.
2. William Hinton House (1826). 1790 North Side Road. Federal.
3. Bayside / Christopher Hollowell House (1856). 1598 Weeksville Road. Greek Revival.

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