THE PASQUOTANK COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Chesapeake-Pamlico Lowlands and Tidal Marshes setting.
Pasquotank County has 226.9 square miles of land in North Carolina. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Pasquotank County: Chesapeake-Pamlico Lowlands and Tidal Marshes, Swamps and Peatlands.
Low coastal plains contain terraces, estuaries, marshes and barrier islands. Unconsolidated sediments underlie this varied coastal setting, with forest patterns changing near streams and low-lying areas.
Regional context: Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Pasquotank County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Chesapeake-Pamlico Lowlands and Tidal Marshes82%
- Swamps and Peatlands18%
Finding your parcel within Pasquotank County
The atlas lists 1 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Pasquotank County, including Elizabeth City. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Pasquotank County by land and water
The Census records 62.5 square miles of water within Pasquotank County, or 21.6% of its total area. That share is close to Pasquotank County’s 21.6%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Pasquotank County has 19.2 times the land area of nearby Elizabeth City city (11.8 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Camden County, Gates County, Perquimans County, Tyrrell County within North Carolina. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

