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 CHOWAN COUNTY / PRECINCT
1172 grants issued from 1684 to 1932

NCpedia article   Wikipedia article
County Seat: Edenton

History: This area was formed as early as 1668 as the Shaftesbury Precinct of Albemarle County. It was named Chowan County about 1685 after the Chowanoc Indian tribe. For further information see: THE FORMATION OF THE NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES, 1663-1943, by David Leroy Corbitt.

Boundary changes: The Newberry Atlas of Historical County Boundaries

Name origin: Chowan Native American tribe

State Archives Code: 024

Bordering Counties
Bertie
Gates
Hertford
Perquimans
Tyrrell
Washington
 2 Counties Over
Beaufort
Camden
Currituck
Dare
Halifax
Hyde
Martin
Northampton
Pasquotank
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County information courtesy of the State Archives of North Carolina MARS database, Record ID=12.14.46
Map of North Carolina highlighting Chowan County. Licensed under Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.