Currituck County
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Named after
- Algonquin term meaning "The Land of the Wild Geese"
- Seat
- Currituck
- Largest community
- Moyock
- Total
- 526.43 sq mi (1,363.4 km )
- Land
- 261.91 sq mi (678.3 km )
- Water
- 264.52 sq mi (685.1 km ) 50.25%
- Estimate 2025
- 33,158
- Density
- 107.29/sq mi (41.42/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- currituckcountync .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
Currituck County (/ˈkʊrɪtʌk/) is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the northeasternmost county in the state. As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,100. Its county seat is Currituck. The county was formed in 1668 as a precinct of Albemarle County and later gained county status in 1739. The name is "traditionally said to be an indigenous word for wild geese; Coratank." Currituck County is included in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC Combined Statistical Area. It is in the northeastern section of the state and is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, Currituck Sound, Camden County, Dare County and the Commonwealth of Virginia. 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 as the community name.
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