Bertie County, North Carolina

Founding: 1722
Parent counties: Chowan and unorganized territory
Name origin: James and Henry Bertie, English politicians
Seat: St. Johns (1724–1743); Wolfenden (1743–1750); Windsor (1750–)
Land area: 699 square miles
Population (2020): 17,934
Population (historic): 12,462 (1790); 12,175 (1840); 12,950 (1870); 20,538 (1900); 25,844 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790; 1820s; 1840–1860; 1870–1950; 1970s; 2000s
Subdivisions: Eight towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 609 (6.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 18.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 15%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 19.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $609
Average outbuilding value (1930): $301

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.8 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 3,340
Average farm size (1920): 26.1 acres

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Windsor

 
Name origin: Windsor Castle
Founding: pre-1750 (founding); 1766 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 3,582
Population (historic): 315 (1860); 522 (1890); 684 (1910); 1,425 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1970; 1990–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 162 (17.3%)
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