PERQUIMANS COUNTY

Perquimans was formed as early as 1668 as a precinct of Albemarle County. It was named in honor of an Indian tribe. It is in the northeastern section of the State and is bounded by Albemarle Sound and Chowan, Gates and Pasquotank counties. The present land area is 247.17 square miles. The population from the 2010 Census was 13,453. Of that population, 9,694 were white, 3,347 were black or African American, 41 were American Indian, 38 were Asian, 2 were Pacific Islander and 157 were of a different race. Another 174 were reported to be of two or more races and 286 were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Hertford, established in 1758 on the land of Jonathan Phelps, is the county seat.

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Perquimans County is primarily in the Pasquotank River Basin. It is a part of the Coastal Plain region of the state.

References:

"American Factfinder." 2011. U. S. Census Bureau. Online at http://factfinder2.census.gov/. Accessed 3/3/2011.

Corbitt, David L. 2000. The Formation of the North Carolina Counties, 1663-1943. Sixth printing. Raleigh: State Department of Archives and History.

Powell, William Stevens, and Michael R. Hill. 2010. The North Carolina gazetteer: a dictionary of Tar Heel places and their history. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.

Additional resources:

North Carolina Digital Collections (Government & Heritage Library and NC State Archives)

NC LIVE resources

NC Natural Heritage Program database

WorldCat (Searches numerous library catalogs)