NC Gazetteer

Pamlico County

… was formed in 1872 from Craven and Beaufort Counties. Located in the E section of the state, it is bounded by Pamlico Sound, Neuse River, and by Craven and Beaufort Counties. It was named for Pamlico Sound. Area: 576 sq. mi. (341, land; 235, water). County seat: Bayboro, with an elevation of 8.5 ft. Townships are nos. 1-5. Produces corn, soybeans, Irish potatoes, turkeys, hogs, and processed seafood.

areas

Greens Land

bays

Big Porpoise Ba
Bonner Bay
Fisherman Bay
Jones Bay
Little Porpoise Bay
Mason Bay
Middle Bay
Mouse Harbor

beaches

Minnesott Beach

communities

Alliance
Ashwood
Bay City
Beards Creek
Bennett
Callisons
Cash Corner No. 2
Florence
Gibbton
Grantsboro
Hobucken
Janeiro
Kendall Beach
Kershaw
Lowland
Maribel
Merritt
Mesic
Moores Corner
Nelms
Olympia
Reelsboro
Sandhill
Scotts Store
Silver Hill
Swan Corner
Whortonsville

creeks

Alligator Creek
Bear Creek
Beard Creek
Broad Creek
Brown Creek
Burton Creek
Chadwick Creek
Chapel Creek
Clark Creek
Cow Gallus Creek
Dawson Creek
Dipping Vat Creek
Ditch Creek
Drum Creek
Durham Creek
Eastham Creek
Gale Creek
Goose Creek
Goose Creek
Green Creek
Greens Creek
James Creek
Kershaw Creek
Long Creek
Orchard Creek
Oyster Creek
Pierce Creek
Pittman Creek
Raccoon Creek
Smith Creek
Smith Creek
Spring Creek
Swan Creek
Tar Creek
Tar Kiln Creek
Upper Spring Creek
Vandemere Creek
Whitaker Creek
Yaupon Creek

elevations

Old Bear, The

forks

East Fork [Goose Creek]
West Fork [Goose Creek]

groups of islands

Fisherman Islands

historical markers

First Motorized School Bus historical marker

islands

Ball Island
Brant Island
Cedar Island
Goose Creek Island
Pine Hammock
Swan Island
Terrapin Island

peninsulas

Bay River Point
Bell Point
Cockle Point
Fulford Point
Holly Point
Lambert Point
Long Neck Point
Maw Point
Pamlico Point
Petty Point
Piney Point
Saunders Point
Store Point

pocosins

Bay City Pocosin
Light Ground Pocosin
Silver Hill Pocosin

points

Maiden Point
Porpoise Point
Wilkinson Point
Windmill Point

prongs

Middle Prong

regions

Coastal Plain
Coastal Plain Dialect Region
Outer Banks Dialect Region

rivers

Bay River
Neuse River
Pamlico River
Trent River

schools

Arapahoe Charter School
Holt's Chapel School
Mesic School
Pamlico County High

swamps

Gum Swamp

towns

Arapahoe
Bayboro
Hollyville
Oriental
Pamlico
Stonewall
Vandemere

transportation-related places

Lees Landing