Region: Coastal Plain
County Seat: Hertford (1758)
Population: 11,3681
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Perquimans County was formed as early as 1668 as a precinct of Albemarle County. It is in the northeastern section of the State and is bounded by Albemarle Sound and Chowan, Gates and Pasquotank counties.
Hertford, established in 1758 on the land of Jonathan Phelps, is the county seat.2
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