Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Perquimans County, North Carolina.

Official Website

The county was originally created as Berkeley Precinct. It was renamed Perquimans Precinct around 1684 and gained county status in 1739. Perquimans, means "land of beautiful women" and was named by its earliest inhabitants, the Yeopim Indians, a branch of the family of Algonquians.

The Harvey Point Defense Testing Activity facility is located in Perquimans County.

Adjacent Counties

• Pasquotank County
• Gates County
• Chowan County

Towns & Communities

• Belvidere
• Bethel
• Hertford (County Seat)
• New Hope
• Parkville
• Winfall
• Woodville

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of North Carolina

Links

Wikipedia

National Register of Historic Places

Genealogy Trails

Lost Souls Genealogy

NC Gen Web

USGW Archives

Perquimans County Historical Society Collection - (1733-1943)

NC Estate Files - Perquimans County

Perquimans County Cemetery Survey Records

Roots Web