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Tyrrell County
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county in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Named after
- Sir John Tyrrell
- Seat
- Columbia
- Largest community
- Columbia
- Total
- 597.18 sq mi (1,546.7 km )
- Land
- 390.78 sq mi (1,012.1 km )
- Water
- 206.40 sq mi (534.6 km ) 34.56%
- Estimate 2025
- 3,537
- Density
- 8.3/sq mi (3.2/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- tyrrellcounty.org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Province of North Carolina
- Contains
- Columbia
- Capital
- Columbia
- Population
- 3245
- Area
- 1555
- Body of water
- Albemarle Sound
- Shares border with
- Perquimans County
- Official website
- tyrrellcounty.org/index.php/en
- Image
- Tyrrell County Historic Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 1652
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- topic's main category
- Category:Tyrrell County, North Carolina
- Commons category
- Tyrrell County, North Carolina
- inception
- 1729-01-01
- water as percent of area
- 35
- native label
- Tyrrell County
- per capita income
- 21129
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Tyrrell County, North Carolina
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Encyclopedic overview
Tyrrell County (/ˈtɛərɪl/ TAIR-il) is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,245, making it the least populous county in North Carolina. Through most of its history it has been the least populated county in the state.Its county seat is Columbia.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tyrrell County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.