Tyrrell County

administration
The Tyrrell County Courthouse in Columbia, listed on the NRHP with number 79001756
US state :	North Carolina
Administrative headquarters :	Columbia
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 449 Columbia, NC 27925-0449
Foundation :	1729
Made up from:	Bertie County Chowan County Currituck County Pasquotank County
Area code :	001 252
Demographics
Residents :	4149 (2000)
Population density :	4.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1555 km²
Water surface :	545 km²
map

Tyrrell County is the most populous county in the state of North Carolina in the United States . The county seat is Columbia , which was founded around 1700 as a trading post.

geography

The county is located in eastern North Carolina, about 50 miles north of Virginia and has an area of 1,555 square kilometers, of which 545 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Pasquotank County , Camden County , Currituck County , Dare County , Hyde County , Washington County, and Perquimans County .

Tyrrell County is divided into five townships : Alligator, Columbia, Gum Neck, Scuppernong, and South Fork.

history

Tyrrell County was formed in 1729 from parts of Bertie County, Chowan County, Currituck County, and Pasquotank County. It was named after John Tyrrell , a Lord Proprietor in the Province of Carolina .

The Tyrrell County Courthouse (2015) is one of three entries for the county on the National Register of Historic Places .

Three buildings and sites in the county are on the National Register of Historic Places (as of March 16, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1790	4744	-
1800	3395	-28.4%
1810	3364	-0.9%
1820	4319	28.4%
1830	4732	9.6%
1840	4657	-1.6%
1850	5133	10.2%
1860	4944	-3.7%
1870	4173	-15.6%
1880	4545	8.9%
1890	4225	-7%
1900	4980	17.9%
1910	5219	4.8%
1920	4849	-7.1%
1930	5164	6.5%
1940	5556	7.6%
1950	5048	-9.1%
1960	4520	-10.5%
1970	3806	-15.8%
1980	3975	4.4%
1990	3856	-3%
2000	4149	7.6%
Before 1900 1900-1990 2000

As of the 2000 census , Tyrrell County had 4,149 people in 1,537 households and 1,055 families. The population density was 4 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 56.47 percent white, 39.43 percent African American, 0.19 percent Native American, 0.75 percent Asian and 2.05 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.11 percent were descended from two or more races. 3.62 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 1,537 households, 28.6 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 47.4 percent of these were married couples living together, 16.6 percent were single mothers and 31.3 percent were non-families. 28.2 percent were single households and 14.4 percent had people 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.95 people.

22.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 8.2 percent were between 18 and 24 years old, 30.3 percent between 25 and 44 years old, 22.7 percent between 45 and 64, and 16.1 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For all females there were 114.1 males. For all women aged 18 or over there were 114.2 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 25,684, and the median income for a family is $ 32,468. Males had a median income of $ 26,227 versus $ 18,403 for females. The per capita income was $ 13,326. 23.3 percent of the population and 19.1 percent of families are below the poverty line. 31.5 percent of them are children and young people under 18 years of age and 20.8 percent are 65 years of age or older.

Web links

Commons : Tyrrell County - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 79001756 . Retrieved November 18, 2019
↑ GNIS-ID: 1026332. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 307 .
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 16, 2018.
↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 20, 2011
↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 20, 2011
^ Tyrrell County, North Carolina , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

35.87 -76.17Coordinates: 35 ° 52 ′ N , 76 ° 10 ′ W

[1] Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 79001756 . Retrieved November 18, 2019

[2] GNIS-ID: 1026332. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[3] Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 307 .

[4] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 16, 2018.

[5] US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011

[6] Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 20, 2011

[7] Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 20, 2011

[8] Tyrrell County, North Carolina , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .