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Pasquotank County
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county in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Named after
- Indian word meaning "where the current of the stream divides or forks"
- Seat
- Elizabeth City
- Largest community
- Elizabeth City
- Total
- 289.33 sq mi (749.4 km )
- Land
- 226.88 sq mi (587.6 km )
- Water
- 62.45 sq mi (161.7 km ) 21.58%
- Estimate 2025
- 42,201
- Density
- 178.81/sq mi (69.04/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .co .pasquotank .nc .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Province of North Carolina
- Contains
- Elizabeth City
- Capital
- Elizabeth City
- Population
- 40568
- Area
- 750
- Body of water
- Albemarle Sound
- Shares border with
- Tyrrell County
- Official website
- www.co.pasquotank.nc.us
- Image
- Pasquotank County Courthouse 02.jpg
- Households
- 14785
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- water as percent of area
- 22
- native label
- Pasquotank County
- Commons category
- Pasquotank County, North Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:Pasquotank County, North Carolina
- inception
- 1672-00-00
- per capita income
- 26898
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Pasquotank County, North Carolina
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Encyclopedic overview
Pasquotank County (PAS-kwoh-tayngk /ˈpæs.kwoʊ.teɪŋk/ ) is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,568. Its county seat is Elizabeth City. Pasquotank County is part of the Elizabeth City, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC Combined Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pasquotank County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.