Currituck County, North Carolina
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...