THE PERQUIMANS COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Chesapeake-Pamlico Lowlands and Tidal Marshes setting.
Perquimans County has 247.2 square miles of land in North Carolina. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Perquimans County: Chesapeake-Pamlico Lowlands and Tidal Marshes, Swamps and Peatlands, Mid-Atlantic Flatwoods.
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
Perquimans County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Chesapeake-Pamlico Lowlands and Tidal Marshes93.4%
- Swamps and Peatlands3.9%
- Mid-Atlantic Flatwoods2.6%
Finding your parcel within Perquimans County
The atlas lists 2 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Perquimans County, including Hertford, Winfall. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Perquimans County by land and water
The Census records 81.8 square miles of water within Perquimans County, or 24.9% of its total area. That share is close to Perquimans County’s 24.9%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Perquimans County has 86.4 times the land area of nearby Hertford town (2.86 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Chowan County, Gates County, Pasquotank County, Tyrrell County, Washington County within North Carolina. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

