Currituck Township

Currituck Township is in Hyde County, North Carolina. An architectural inventory was completed for it and other areas of Hyde County, North Carolina including Fairfield Township, Lake Landing Township, Swan Quarter Township, and Ocracoke.[1]

Not to be confused with Currituck, North Carolina in Currituck County.

Per a 1981 North Carolina House bill, one of the Hyde County’s five commissioners is elected from Currituck Township. There had been three commissioners.[2] Various commissioners have represented the township.[3]

The headwaters of Smith Creek are in the area.[4][5]

History

Corn, cotton, wheat, and potatoes were reported as crops grown in the area.[6] Cemeteries were documented in the area.[7]

In 1880, the census reported more than 2,000 residents.[8] By 1890 and into the first decades of the 20th century is had about 2,250 residents.[9]

In 1901, a house bill proposed Pender County assessing a levy on the county to fund a public road across Black River Swamp.[10]

It had a justice of the peace officials appointed for it.[11][12] Latham’s school house was in it.[13] Cary Latham was a teacher.[14] The Knights of Hyde was a beneficial organization serving the area.[15]

In 1917 there was a bill in the North Carolina Senate to protect stock in the township.[16]

In 2000, the U.S. census counted 1,200 residents.[17]

It and other areas in North Carolina were divided separate school districts for “colored” residents.[14] It and other areas had hunting seasons.[18]

See also

References
  1. "Page 62". digital.ncdcr.gov.
  2. "S.L. 1981-236". www.ncleg.net.
  3. Debnam, Matt (January 10, 2019). "Long-Serving Hyde County Commissioners step down". Washington Daily News.
  4. "Credle v. Carrawan, 64 N.C. 422 | Casetext Search + Citator". casetext.com.
  5. "Century Edition of The American Digest: A Complete Digest of All Reported American Cases from the Earliest Times to 1896". West Publishing Company. July 26, 1900 – via Google Books.
  6. Reed, Frank Fremont (July 26, 1982). "History of the Silverthorn Family". Silverthorn(e) Family Association – via Google Books.
  7. Russell, Margaret Clayton (July 26, 1993). "James Clayton of North Carolina and His Descendants in the Old South-west". Quill Publications – via Google Books.
  8. "United States Congressional Serial Set". U.S. Government Printing Office. July 26, 1882 – via Google Books.
  9. "Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910: Population by counties and minor civil divisions, 1910, 1900, 1890". Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of the Census. July 26, 1912 – via Google Books.
  10. Representatives, North Carolina General Assembly House of (July 26, 1901). "Journal" – via Google Books.
  11. Carolina, North (July 26, 1899). "Laws and Resolutions of the State of North Carolina" – via Google Books.
  12. Carolina, North (1911). "Public Laws and Resolutions of the State of North Carolina Passed by the General Assembly" – via books.google.com.
  13. Carolina, North (July 26, 1895). "Session Laws and Resolutions Passed by the General Assembly" – via Google Books.
  14. Census of population and housing (2000): North Carolina Population and Housing Unit Counts. ISBN 9781428986022 – via books.google.com.
  15. Carolina, North (1899). "Private Laws of the State of North-Carolina Passed by the General Assembly" – via books.google.com.
  16. "Journal". 1917 – via books.google.com.
  17. Census of population and housing (2000): North Carolina Population and Housing Unit Counts. DIANE Publishing. ISBN 9781428986022 – via Google Books.
  18. Carolina, North (1911). "Revisal of 1908 of North Carolina" – via books.google.com.


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