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Bertie County, North Carolina
Bertie County ( , with both syllables stressed) is a county located in the northeast area of the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,934. Its county seat is Windsor. The county was created in 1722 as Bertie Precinct and gained county status in 1739. The Sans Souci Ferry, providing access across the Cashie River, is the county's only ferry. History The county was formed as Bertie Precinct in 1722 from the part of Chowan Precinct of Albemarle County lying west of the Chowan River. It was named for James Bertie, his brother Henry Bertie, or perhaps both, each having been one of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina. In 1729 parts of Bertie Precinct, Chowan Precinct, Currituck Precinct, and Pasquotank Precinct of Albemarle County were combined to form Tyrrell Precinct. With the abolition of Albemarle County in 1739, all of its constituent precincts became separate counties. As population of settlers increased, in 1741 parts of Bertie Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Bertie (proprietor)
Henry Bertie (4 May 1675 – 18 December 1735) was an English politician and Lords Proprieter of Carolina who sat on the House of Commons from 1705 to 1727. Biography Bertie was the third son of James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon and his wife Eleanora Lee, the daughter and heiress of Sir Henry Lee, 3rd Baronet, of Quarrendon, Buckinghamshire. Bertie was one of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina, heir of the proprietorship granted to Sir William Berkeley. At the 1705 general election, he was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Beaumaris, a pocket borough in Wales. He won a contest at Beamaris in the 1708 general election and was returned unopposed in 1710, 1713 and 1715. He won another contest in 1722 but was defeated at the 1727 general election by Watkin Williams-Wynn. Bertie died at Boulogne on 18 December 1735. Family Bertie first married Arabella Susanna Hamilton, daughter of Hugh Hamilton, 1st Viscount of Glenawly, on 17 July 1708, but she died on 10 December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northampton County, North Carolina
Northampton County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,471. Its county seat is Jackson. Northampton County is part of the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Rocky Mount- Wilson-Roanoke Rapids, NC Combined Statistical Area. History The county was formed in 1741 from Bertie County. It was named for James Compton, 5th Earl of Northampton. In 1759 parts of Northampton County, Bertie County, and Chowan County were combined to form Hertford County. In 1959, the county went to the U.S. Supreme Court to defend the use of a literacy test as a requirement to vote. In '' Lassiter v. Northampton County Board of Elections'', the court held that, provided the tests were applied equally to all races and were not "merely a device to make racial discrimination easy," they were allowable. Congress subsequently prohibited use of such tests under the National Voting Rights Act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cypress Swamp (North Carolina)
Cypress is a common name for various coniferous trees or shrubs of northern temperate regions that belong to the family Cupressaceae. The word ''cypress'' is derived from Old French ''cipres'', which was imported from Latin ''cypressus'', the latinisation of the Greek κυπάρισσος (''kyparissos''). Cypress trees are a large classification of conifers, encompassing the trees and shrubs from the cypress family (Cupressaceae) and many others with the word “cypress” in their common name. Many cypress trees have needle-like, evergreen foliage and acorn-like seed cones. Species Species that are commonly known as cypresses include: Most prominently: *Cypress (multiple species within the genus '' Cupressus'') Otherwise: *African cypress (''Widdringtonia'' species), native to Southern Africa *Bald, Pond, and Montezuma cypresses (''Taxodium'' species), native to North America *Chinese swamp cypress (''Glyptostrobus pensilis''), Vietnam, critically endangered *Cordilleran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinkapin Swamp (North Carolina)
Chinquapin or chinkapin may refer to: Plants * Chinquapin or chinkapin, any of the shrubs in the genus ''Castanopsis'' * Chinquapin or chinkapin, any of the several trees and shrubs in the genus ''Chrysolepis'' * Chinquapin or chinkapin, some of the species in the chestnut genus ''Castanea'' **American chinquapin, '' Castanea pumila'', a dwarf chestnut native to southeastern quarter of the U.S. * Chinkapin oak (''Quercus muehlenbergii''), a species of oak whose leaves resemble those of chinkapins * Dwarf chinkapin oak (''Quercus prinoides''), a closely related, more shrubby oak species * Water-chinquapin, a name for the water plant ''Nelumbo lutea'', American lotus * Chinquapin rose, a name for ''Rosa roxburghii'', an old Chinese rose Places * Chinquapin, California, a former settlement in Mariposa County, California * Chinquapin, North Carolina, a community in Duplin County, North Carolina * Chinquapin, Texas, Matagorda County, Texas Institutions * Chinquapin Preparatory Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albemarle Sound
Albemarle Sound () is a large estuary on the coast of North Carolina in the United States located at the confluence of a group of rivers, including the Chowan and Roanoke. It is separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the Currituck Banks, a barrier peninsula upon which the town of Kitty Hawk is located, at the eastern edge of the sound, and part of the greater Outer Banks region. Roanoke Island is situated at the southeastern corner of the sound, where it connects to Pamlico Sound. Much of the water in the Albemarle Sound is brackish or fresh, as opposed to the saltwater of the ocean, as a result of river water pouring into the sound. Some small portions of the Albemarle have been given their own "sound" names to distinguish these bodies of water from other parts of the large estuary. The Croatan Sound, for instance, lies between mainland Dare County and Roanoke Island. The water bordering the eastern shore of the island to the Outer Banks is commonly referred to as Roano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of North Carolina State Parks
The State of North Carolina has a group of protected areas known as the North Carolina State Park System, which is managed by the North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation (NCDPR), an agency of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (NCDNCR). Units of the system can only be established by an act of the General Assembly of North Carolina. The park system began in 1916 when the summit of Mount Mitchell became first state park in the Southeastern United States. According to the Division of Parks & Recreation, "the State Parks Act of 1987 lists six types of units included in the NC State Parks System." These are ''State Parks'', ''State Recreation Areas'', ''State Natural Areas'', ''State Lakes'', ''State Trails'', and ''State Rivers''. All units of the system are owned and/or managed by the division, and the division leases some of the units to other agencies for operation. Most units of the park system are also components of State Nature and Hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewiston Woodville Preserve
Lewiston may refer to: Places United States * Lewiston, Alabama *Lewiston, California * Lewiston, Georgia * Lewiston, Idaho ** Lewiston, Idaho metropolitan area *Lewiston, Indiana *Lewiston, Maine ** Lewiston, Maine metropolitan area *Lewiston, Michigan *Lewiston, Minnesota *Lewiston, Dakota County, Minnesota, an extinct town * Lewiston, Nebraska *Lewiston (town), New York **Lewiston (village), New York, a village within the town *Lewiston, North Carolina *Lewiston, Utah *Lewiston, Vermont *Lewiston, Virginia *Lewiston, Wisconsin, a town **Lewiston (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community Elsewhere *Lewiston, Highland, Scotland *Lewiston, South Australia Surname *David Lewiston (1929–2017), British collector of traditional music *Dennis Lewiston (1934–2014), American cinematographer *Harry Lewiston (1900–1965), American showman See also *Lewistown (other) Lewistown is the name of several places in the United States, United States of America: *Lewiston, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamesville Wildlife Preserve
Jamesville can refer to *Jamesville, New York * Jamesville, North Carolina * Jamesville, Pennsylvania *Jamesville, Virginia *Hamilton, Ontario has a neighborhood called Jamesville *Yankton County, South Dakota Yankton County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 23,310. Its county seat is Yankton. Yankton County comprises the Yankton, SD Micropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Yan ... has a township called Jamesville See also * Janesville (other) * * {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hope Plantation
Hope Plantation, built in 1803, is an early house built in the Palladian mode of the federal style, located on the Carolina Coastal Plain, near Windsor, North Carolina, in the United States. The plantation house was built by David Stone, a member of the coastal Carolina planter class, later Governor of North Carolina and a United States senator. One of the finest examples of Palladian design built in timber, the manor house is slightly modified by neo-classical elements. The facade has five bays and a pedimented double portico with the original Chinese Chippendale balustrade. Crowning the house is a widow's walk with matching railing. The interior of the house displays a height and grandeur rare in the region, and is furnished with a unique collection of period furniture, art and artifacts. By the 1960s, the building had survived almost a century of neglect and the citizens of Bertie County, aided by other North Carolinians and a far-flung net of support, formed the Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bertie County Game Land
Bertie may refer to: People *Bertie (given name) *Bertie (nickname) *Bertie (surname) Places * Bertie County, North Carolina * Bertie Township, subsequently amalgamated into Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada Other uses * ''Bertie'' (TV series), a 2008 miniseries documenting the life of former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern * Bertie Correctional Institution, Windsor, North Carolina, a state men's prison * Bertie High School, Windsor, North Carolina * Bertie Memorial Hospital, Windsor, Bertie, County, North Carolina * Bertie the bus, a fictional character from ''The Railway Series'' books and it’s TV series adaptation ''Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends'' See also * Bert (name) * Berti Berti is both an Italian surname and a given name. It is also the German familiar form of Berthold. Notable people with the name include: Surname: * Adam Berti (born 1986), Canadian ice hockey player * Alfredo Berti (born 1971), Argentine foo ..., a given name and Italian surname * Bertrand (disambigu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
