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Pitt County, North Carolina

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

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33historic places

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1761formed

170,243pop. 2020

12cemeteries

2CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 33 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1971. Most listings are in or near Greenville, Falkland, Farmville.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

13 of 33 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

33 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Ayden Historic District	Ayden	District	1994
Chicod Creek Wreck	Grimesland	Structure	2018
College View Historic District	Greenville	District	1992
Cox-Ange House	Winterville	Building	2000
Dickinson Avenue Historic District	Greenville	District	2007
Dupree-Moore Farm	Falkland	District	2012
Falkland Historic District	Falkland	District	2012
Farmville Historic District	Farmville	District	1993
Ficklen, E. B., House	Greenville	Building	1984
Fleming, James L., House	Greenville	Building	1983
Fountain Historic District	Fountain	District	2016
Greenville Commercial Historic District	Greenville	District	2003
Greenville Tobacco Warehouse Historic District	Greenville	District	1997
Greenville, North Carolina Warehouse Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Greenville	Building	1999
Greenwreath	Greenville	Building	1982
Grimesland Plantation	Grimesland	Building	1971
H. B. Sugg School	Farmville	Building	2020
Harris, Spencer, House	Falkland	Building	2005
Humber, Robert Lee, House	Greenville	Building	1981
Jones-Lee House	Greenville	Building	1980
Kittrell-Dail House	Renston	Building	2000
Lang, Robert J., Jr., House	Fountain	Building	1990
Long, Willian H., House	Greenville	Building	1982
May-Lewis, Benjamin, House	Farmville	Building	1985
Moye, Jesse R., House	Greenville	Building	1997
Oakmont	Greenville	Building	2001
Pitt County Courthouse	Greenville	Building	1979
Red Banks Primitive Baptist Church	Bell Fork	Building	2002
Renston Rural Historic District	Winterville	District	2003
Sheppard, Thomas, Farm	Stokes	Building	2000
Skinnerville-Greenville Heights Historic District	Greenville	District	2005
St. John's Episcopal Church	St. John's	Building	1986
US Post Office	Greenville	Building	1986

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Pitt was formed in 1761 (1761-01-01) from Beaufort.

PITT created from BEAUFORT.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Pitt County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1790	1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
8,275	9,084	10,001	11,806	16,080	21,794	30,889	45,569	61,244	63,789	69,942	90,146	133,798	170,243

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

12 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 12 of 12 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Brownhill Cemetery	35.60016	-77.38524
Crestlawn Memorial Gardens	35.63043	-77.61914
Forest Hills Cemetery	35.60015	-77.57941
Gleenwood Cemetery	35.60606	-77.37212
Greenwood Cemetery	35.60711	-77.33858
Grimes Cemetery	35.55736	-77.16739
Hollywood Cemetery	35.59737	-77.57608
Jackson Cemetery	35.43827	-77.46267
Memorial Cemetery	35.67182	-77.65247
Old Simpson Cemetery	35.5862	-77.2814
Pinewood Cemetery	35.58404	-77.31357
Sunset Memorial Park	35.59932	-77.64053

Historical populated places — 2 of 2

Name	Lat	Lon
Johnsons Mills	35.38627	-77.35218
Tugwell	35.64822	-77.62386

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

Battlefield	Study acres	Dist.	Site ID
Tranter'S Creek	773	21.3 km	NC006
Washington	3,301	28.9 km	NC011

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

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