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Chowan County, North Carolina
Chowan County sits on the Albemarle Sound and Chowan River in the northeastern coastal plain, centered on Edenton, a colonial-era port town with a well-preserved historic waterfront district and the county's only sizable incorporated town. Real estate activity concentrates in waterfront and near-waterfront parcels along the sound and river, where CAMA shoreline rules and flood-zone mapping, more than zoning, govern what can be built and where.
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Chowan County at a glance
- 14,000Population (2025)
- EdentonCounty seat
- 173 sq miLand area
- 81 / sq miDensity
- $54,000Median household income
- $235,000Median home value
What the live Chowan County map shows
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- City Boundaries: 1
- School Boundaries - Elementary: 2
- School Boundaries - Middle: 1
- School Boundaries - High: 1
- Congressional Districts: 1
- Soils: 41
- State House Districts: 2
- State Senate Districts: 2
Cities and towns in Chowan County
Edenton.