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Perquimans County
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county in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Named after
- Yeopim word meaning “The land of beautiful women”
- Seat
- Hertford
- Largest community
- Hertford
- Total
- 328.93 sq mi (851.9 km )
- Land
- 247.17 sq mi (640.2 km )
- Water
- 81.76 sq mi (211.8 km ) 24.86%
- Estimate 2025
- 13,490
- Density
- 52.62/sq mi (20.32/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .perquimanscountync .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Province of North Carolina
- Contains
- Hertford
- Capital
- Hertford
- Population
- 13005
- Area
- 852
- Shares border with
- Washington County
- Official website
- www.perquimanscountync.gov
- Image
- Perquimans County Courthouse, Hertford, North Carolina.jpg
- Households
- 5886
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- Commons category
- Perquimans County, North Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:Perquimans County, North Carolina
- inception
- 1672-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 25
- native label
- Perquimans County
- per capita income
- 28160
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Encyclopedic overview
Perquimans County (/pɜːrˈkwɪmənz/ pur-KWIM-unz) is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,005. Its county seat is Hertford. The Harvey Point Defense Testing Activity facility is located in Perquimans County.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Perquimans County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.