Pasquotank County, North Carolina

Pasquotank County
County
Pasquotank County Courthouse
Location within the U.S. state of North Carolina
North Carolina's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 36°15′55″N 76°15′38″W / 36.265199°N 76.260691°W / 36.265199; -76.260691
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
Founded	1668
Named for	Indian word meaning "where the current of the stream divides or forks"[1]
Seat	Elizabeth City
Largest community	Elizabeth City
Area
• Total	289.33 sq mi (749.4 km2)
• Land	226.88 sq mi (587.6 km2)
• Water	62.45 sq mi (161.7 km2)  21.58%
Population  (2020)
• Total	40,568
• Density	178.81/sq mi (69.04/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional district	1st
Website	www.co.pasquotank.nc.us

Pasquotank County /ˈpæskwətænk/ (listen) ^[2] is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,568.^[3] Its county seat is Elizabeth City.^[4] The county was originally created as Pasquotank Precinct and gained county status in 1739.^[5]

Pasquotank County is part of the Elizabeth City, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk, VA-NC Combined Statistical Area.

Pasquotank is the birth county of Nikita Pavlunenko.

1. ↑ "Pasquotank County, North Carolina". www.carolana.com. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
2. ↑ Talk Like A Tarheel Archived 2013-06-22 at the Wayback Machine, from the North Carolina Collection's website at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2012-09-18.
3. ↑ "QuickFacts: Pasquotank County, North Carolina". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
4. ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
5. ↑ "North Carolina: Individual County Chronologies". North Carolina Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. The Newberry Library. 2009. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2015.