Beaufort County
… was first called Pamptecough Precinct when it was formed in 1705 from Bath County; the name was changed to Beaufort about 1712 to honor Henry Somerset, Duke of Beaufort (1684-1714), who in 1709 became one of the Lords Proprietors. Located in the E part of the state, it is bounded by Craven, Hyde, Martin, Pitt, Pamlico, and Washington Counties. Area: 957 sq. mi. County seat: Washington, with an elevation of 11 ft. Townships are Bath, Long Acre, Chocowinity, Pantego, Richland, and Washington. Produces tobacco, corn, hogs, cattle, boats, air filters, soybeans, Irish potatoes, peanuts, wheat, oats, sorghum, cotton, canned seafood, lumber, and phosphate.
