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Currituck County, North Carolina

Currituck County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: Currituck
Year Organized: 1672
Square Miles: 262
Court House:

PO Box 39
County Courthouse
Currituck, NC 27929-0039

Etymology - Origin of County Name

It is "traditionally said to be an Indian word for wild geese; Coratank."

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Currituck was formed as early as 1668 as a precinct of Albemarle County. It is "traditionally said to be an Indian word for wild geese; Coratank." It is in the northeastern section of the State and is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, Albemarle Sound, Camden County, and the state of Virginia. The present land area is 261.70 square miles and the 2000 population was 18,190. Currituck Court House, mentioned as early as 1755, was the name of the county seat. Today the words "Court House" have been dropped and only Currituck is used.

Neighboring Counties:

  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Albemarle Sound
  • Camden
  • State of Virginia

Cities and Towns:

- Currituck (County Seat)

County Resources:

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The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of this country!"

But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.

Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally, act locally."
 
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