Pasquotank County, North Carolina
Pasquotank County /ˈpæskwətænk/ (
listen) [1] is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 40,661.[2] Its county seat is Elizabeth City.[3] The county was originally created as Pasquotank Precinct and gained county status in 1739.[4]
| Pasquotank County, North Carolina | |
| Map | |
 Location in the state of North Carolina | |
 North Carolina's location in the U.S. | |
| Statistics | |
| Founded | 1739 |
|---|---|
| Seat | Elizabeth City |
| Largest City | Elizabeth City |
| Area - Total - Land - Water |
289 sq mi (749 km²) 227 sq mi (588 km²) 63 sq mi (163 km²), 22% |
| Population - (2010) - Density |
40,661 179/sq mi (69/km²) |
| Time zone | Eastern: UTC-5/-4 |
| Website: www.co.pasquotank.nc.us | |
| Named for: The Pasquotank Indians, an Algonquian people | |
Pasquotank County is part of the Elizabeth City, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk, VA-NC Combined Statistical Area.
Pasquotank is the birth county of Nikita Pavlunenko.
Pasquotank County, North Carolina Media
Map of Pasquotank County with municipal and township labels
References
- ↑ Talk Like A Tarheel Archived 2013-06-22 at the Wayback Machine, from the North Carolina Collection's website at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2012-09-18.
- ↑ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
- ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ↑ "North Carolina: Individual County Chronologies". North Carolina Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. The Newberry Library. 2009. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
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