NC Gazetteer

Belvidere

Also known as: Newby's Bridge, Newbes Bridge, G. Newby's Ferry
A community in Perquimans County
… community in W Perquimans County on the Perquimans River. Settled by Quakers early in the eighteenth century. The Moseley map, 1733, shows "G. Newby's Ferry" at about the site; appears as Newbes Bridge on the Collet map, 1770. A post office, Newby's Bridge, est. there, 1827; changed to Belvidere, 1861.