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Hyde County
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county in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Named after
- Edward Hyde
- Seat
- Swan Quarter
- Largest community
- Ocracoke
- Total
- 1,459.05 sq mi (3,778.9 km )
- Land
- 612.35 sq mi (1,586.0 km )
- Water
- 846.70 sq mi (2,192.9 km ) 58.03%
- Estimate 2025
- 4,554
- Density
- 7.49/sq mi (2.89/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- www .hydecountync .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Province of North Carolina
- Contains
- Swan Quarter
- Capital
- Swan Quarter
- Population
- 4589
- Area
- 3688
- Shares border with
- Carteret County
- Official website
- www.hydecountync.gov
- Image
- Pumping Station Mattamuskeet NWR Fairfield NC 8957 (23378630333).jpg
- Households
- 2056
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- native label
- Hyde County
- Commons category
- Hyde County, North Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:Hyde County, North Carolina
- different from
- Hyde County
- inception
- 1705-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 57
- per capita income
- 17942
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Encyclopedic overview
Hyde County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,589, making it the second-least populous county in North Carolina. Its county seat is Swan Quarter. The county was created in 1705 as Wickham Precinct. It was renamed Hyde Precinct in 1712 and gained county status in 1739.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hyde County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.