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Chowan County (/ tʃ oʊ ˈ w ɒ n / choh-WON) [1] is one of the 100 counties located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,708. [2] Its county seat is Edenton. [3] The county was created between 1668 and 1671 as Shaftesbury Precinct and later renamed Chowan Precinct. It gained county status in 1739 ...
English: This is a locator map showing Chowan County in North Carolina. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. Date: 12 February 2006:
It was named for James Bertie, his brother Henry Bertie, or perhaps both, each having been one of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina. In 1729 parts of Bertie Precinct, Chowan Precinct, Currituck Precinct, and Pasquotank Precinct of Albemarle County were combined to form Tyrrell Precinct. With the abolition of Albemarle County in 1739, all of its ...
This list includes properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Chowan County, North Carolina. Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view an online map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below. [1]
Tyrrell Precinct was created in 1729 from parts of Chowan, Bertie, Pasquotank, and Currituck. Local residents asked that the western part of Bertie be divided into a new precinct as early as 1732, which led to the creation of Edgecombe Precinct (dates of the formation of Edgecombe vary from 1732 to 1741). Albemarle County was officially ...
The North Carolina state House map passed by the General Assembly on Oct. 25, 2023, to use in the 2024 elections. Changes to NC congressional districts for 2024.
The Formation of the North Carolina Counties, 1663–1943. Raleigh: State Dept. of Archives and History, 1950. Reprint, Raleigh: Division of Archives and History, North Carolina Dept. of Cultural Resources, 1987. ISBN 0-86526-032-X; Powell, William S. The North Carolina Gazetteer. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1968. Reprint ...
The fewer number of precincts will enable elections officials to better staff quality poll worker teams at ... Aug. 11—Some precinct boundaries and poll locations in Glynn County have changed ...