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Currituck County, North Carolina

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  Founding:  1684 Parent county:  Albemarle Namesake:  Currituck Sound Seat:  Currituck (1739–) Land area:  262 square miles Population (2020):  28,100 Population (historic):  5,220 (1790); 6,703 (1840); 5,131 (1870); 6,529 (1900); 6,710 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1790–1820; 1840–1860; 1870–1890; 1900s; 1950–2020 Subdivisions:  Two CDPs Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  492 (3.1%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  30.7% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  4% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  21.3% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  22.4% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $1,025 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $472 Average farmhouse size (1940):  5.6 rooms Number of farms (1920):  984 Average farm size (1920):  51.4 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Currituck Namesake:  Currituck County Founding:  circa...