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County Information



Some of the cities, towns, and places in Chowan County are Arrowhead Beach, Cape Colony, Chowan Beach, Edenton, Rockyhock, Selwin, Sign Pine, Tyner

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Chowan County ( choh-WON) is one of the 100 counties located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,708. Its county seat is Edenton. The county was created between 1668 and 1671 as Shaftesbury Precinct and later renamed Chowan Precinct. It gained county status in 1739.