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Washington County, North Carolina

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

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10historic places

—earliest paper

1799formed

11,003pop. 2020

1cemeteries

2CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 10 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970. Most listings are in or near Plymouth, Creswell, Skinnersville.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for North Carolina is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Washington titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

5 of 10 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

10 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Belgrade and St. David's Church	Creswell	Building	1978
Creswell Historic District	Creswell	District	2002
Davenport House	Creswell	Building	2007
Garrett's Island House	Plymouth	Building	2001
Latham House	Plymouth	Building	1976
Perry-Spruill House	Plymouth	Building	1985
Plymouth Historic District	Plymouth	District	1991
Rehoboth Methodist Church	Skinnersville	Building	1976
Somerset Place State Historic Site	Creswell	Building	1970
Washington County Courthouse	Plymouth	Building	1979

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Washington was formed in 1799 (1799-12-23) from Tyrrell.

WASHINGTON created from TYRRELL.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Washington County population from 1800 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
2,422	3,986	4,525	6,357	8,928	10,608	11,429	12,323	13,180	13,488	14,801	13,723	11,003

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

1 cemeteries and 6 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 1 of 1 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Saint Luke Cemetery	35.89692	-76.6269

Historical populated places — 6 of 6

Name	Lat	Lon
Ausbon	35.80488	-76.76411
Emandell	35.70766	-76.82744
Green Hill	35.86766	-76.71967
Monticello	35.76572	-76.73633
Moratuc	35.85738	-76.77633
Swain	35.91655	-76.628

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
Albemarle Sound	46,070	15.9 km	NC013
Plymouth	1,236	17.1 km	NC012

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

Historical markers

HMdb link

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