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Tyrrell County (/ ˈtɛərɪl / TAIR-il) [ 2 ][ 3 ] is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,245, [ 4 ] making it the least populous county in North Carolina. Its county seat is Columbia. [ 5 ] The county was created in 1729 as Tyrrell Precinct and gained county status in 1739. [ 6 ]
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History Tyrrell County was Named for Sir John Tyrrell, one of the Lords Proprietors of the Carolina colony. Tyrrell County's boundaries originally stretched westward from Roanoke Island to near present-day Tarboro. In 1870, the territory was divided and resulted in what is now known as Tyrrell, Martin, Washington, and Dare counties.
Columbia Historic District is a national historic district located at Columbia, Tyrrell County, North Carolina. It encompasses 119 contributing buildings, 1 contributing structure, and 1 contributing object in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Columbia. The district developed between about 1880 and 1944 and ...
This list includes properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Tyrrell County, North Carolina. Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view a Google map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below.
Lake Phelps is North Carolina 's second largest natural lake. It has a surface area of 16,600 acres (67 km 2), [1] and is located primarily in Washington County on the Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula between the Albemarle Sound and the Pamlico Sound. The easternmost part of the lake extends into Tyrrell County.
Pettigrew State Park is a North Carolina State Park in Tyrrell and Washington Counties, North Carolina in the United States. It covers 5,951 acres (24.08 km 2) [2] around the shore lines of Lake Phelps and the Scuppernong River. The park's developed facilities are south of U.S. Route 64 near Roper and Creswell, North Carolina.
Tyrrell County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Columbia, Tyrrell County, North Carolina. It was built in 1903, and is a two-story, Italianate style brick building with a hipped roof. It has gabled, parapetted wall dormers; windows with segmental and round arches; and flat roof porch supported by paired columns dated to ...