{"id":6617,"date":"2023-08-03T13:06:44","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T13:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=6617"},"modified":"2026-08-22T12:02:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T12:02:14","slug":"perquimans-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/perquimans-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Perquimans County, North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"

Perquimans County is a county in North Carolina, United States, on the north shore of the Albemarle Sound in the state’s northeastern coastal plain. It had a population of 13,005 at the 2020 census and covers 328.93 square miles (851.9 km2), of which 247.17 square miles (640.2 km2) is land, centred near 36\u00b011\u2032N 76\u00b024\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Hertford is the county seat, and its postal code is 27944. The county has 2 incorporated towns, a handful of unincorporated communities, and 5 historic townships. It sits in the Eastern time zone.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Perquimans County<\/h2>\n

Perquimans County has just two incorporated towns — Hertford and Winfall — alongside a scatter of small unincorporated crossroads communities. “Unincorp.” below means the place has no town government of its own; several are little more than a church, a store, and a cluster of houses.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Hertford<\/td>\nTown · seat<\/td>\n1,934<\/td>\n27944<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Winfall<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n555<\/td>\n27985<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Belvidere<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n27919<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Woodville<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
New Hope<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Albemarle Plantation<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chapanoke<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Durant<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Parkville<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Snug Harbor<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bethel<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jacocks<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nicanor<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yeopim Station<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Woodville straddles the line with neighboring Pasquotank County, so some maps split its houses between the two counties. Belvidere, New Hope, Bethel, and Parkville double as the names of four of the county’s five historic townships (see below), which can make the community and the township easy to confuse on old maps.<\/p>\n

Townships<\/h2>\n

Perquimans County keeps five historic townships for record-keeping. They have no independent government — all county services run out of Hertford — but they still appear on deeds, tax maps, and older census tallies.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Township<\/th>\nPop. (2020)<\/th>\nMain settlements<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Hertford<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nHertford (county seat)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Belvidere<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nBelvidere<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
New Hope<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nNew Hope, Winfall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bethel<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nBethel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Parkville<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nParkville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n