Albemarle County, North Carolina Genealogy

United States   North Carolina    Albemarle County

In 1664 Albemarle County was created as one of the original three counties of the North Carolina charter. Albemarle was the only one of the three to flourish, so for a time the history of Albemarle was the history of North Carolina. Although growth was slow, settlers trickled in from Virginia.

The four precincts of Shaftesbury/Chowan, Currituck, Pasquotank, and Berkeley/Perquimans had been carved out of Albemarle by October 1668. By 1669 the original Albemarle County had ceased to exist.

For a brief period the Pasquotank Precinct was changed to Albemarle Precinct, but its residents preferred Pasquotank, so it was soon changed back.