NC Gazetteer

Currituck County

… was formed by 1681 as a precinct within Albemarle County. Located in the NE section of the state, it is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, Albemarle Sound, Camden County, and the state of Virginia. The name is traditionally said to be derived from Coratank, an Indian word for wild geese. Area: 469 sq. mi. County seat: Currituck, with an elevation of 8 ft. Townships are Crawford, Fruitville, Moyock, and Poplar Branch. Produces Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, soybeans, hogs, cattle, peanuts, steel products, concrete products, seafood, and lumber. See also Farmington.

areas

Point Bacon
Point Corbett

bays

Beasley Bay
Bellows Bay
Cedar Bay
Cedar Island Bay
Coinjock Bay
Currituck Bay
Halls Harbor
Mills Bay
Piney Island Bay
Poplar Branch Bay
Raccoon Bay
Saunders Bay
Taylor Bay
Tull Bay
Wells Bay
Whale Head Bay

canals

Roland Creek Canal
Run Swamp Canal

channels

Jarvis Channel
Knotts Island Channel
Lone Oak Channel
South Channel
Wells Creek

communities

Aydlett
Barco
Bertha
Coinjock
Corolla
Currituck
Gibbs Woods
Grandy
Gregory
Gum Corner
Hampton Lodge
Harbinger
Jarvisburg
Mamie
Maple
Moyock
Olds
Point Harbor
Poplar Branch
Sandy Point
Seagull
Shawboro
Sligo
Snowden
Spot
Tulls Creek
Wash Woods
Waterlily
Woodleigh

coves

Jenkins Cove
Mill Cove

creeks

Barnett Creek
Bullfrog Creek
Bumplanding Creek
Deep Creek
East Creek
Long Creek
Lutz Creek
Mary Sander Creek
Parker Creek
Shingle Landing Creek
Tull Creek
Webster Creek

estates

Campania

former communities

Indiantown

former counties

Albemarle County

groups of islands

Mossey Islands

historical markers

Albemarle And Chesapeake Canal historical marker
Dividing Line historical marker
Dividing Line historical marker
Henry M. Shaw historical marker
Joseph Pilmoor historical marker
Mcknight's Shipyard historical marker
Thomas J. Jarvis historical marker
Wreck Of The Metropolis historical marker
Yeopim historical marker

inlets

Back Creek
Currituck Inlet
Musketo Inlet
New Currituck Inlet

islands

Bell Island
Bell's Island
Buck Island
Cedar Island
Church Island
Crab Island
Croatamung
Crow Island
Denniss Island
Faraby Island
Goade Island
Gorvas Island
Jews Quarter Island
Johnsons Island
Knotts Island
Lucks Island
Mackay Island
Monkey Island
Piney Island
Rattle Snake Island
Raymond Island
Swan Island
Thoroughfare Island

marshes

Great Marsh

parishes

Currituck Parish

peninsulas

Gibbs Point
Long Point

plantations

Belville

points

Goosecastle Point
Halfway Point
Long Point
Morse Point
Pig Point
Powells Point
Sampson Point
Troublesome Point
Wolf House Point

regions

Coastal Plain
Coastal Plain Dialect Region
Finger Counties
Outer Banks

rivers

North Landing River
North River
Northwest River

runs

Guinea Mill Run

sandhills

Fresh Pond Hill
Pennys Hill
Piper Hill
Poyner Hill

schools

Coinjock Colored School (Current site)
Coinjock Colored School (Original site)
Currituck County High School
J.P. Knapp Early College
Moyock Rosenwald School

seawater areas

Titepano

sounds

Albemarle Sound
Currituck Sound

swamps

Dismal Swamp
Great Swamp
Maple Swamp

townships

Crawford Township
Fruitville Township
Moyock Township
Poplar Branch Township

villages

Potoskite

waterways

Indian Creek
Launch, The
Narrows