Tyrrell County, North Carolina
Founding: 1729 Parent counties: Bertie, Chowan, Pasquotank, and Perquimans Namesake: John Tyrrell, North Carolina lord proprietor Seat: Kendrick Creek (1749–1799); Columbia (1799–) Land area: 389 square miles Population (2020): 3,245 Population (historic): 4,826 (1790); 4,657 (1840); 4,173 (1870); 4,980 (1900); 5,164 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1790; 1810–1830; 1840s; 1870s; 1890–1910; 1920–1940; 1970s; 1990–2010 Subdivisions: One town Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 255 (11.4%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 29.6% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 11.8% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 27% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 29.9% Average farmhouse value (1930): $504 Average outbuilding value (1930): $238 Number of farms (1920): 643 Average farm size (1920): 28.9 acres _______________________________________________________________...