Bath County, North Carolina facts for kids
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Bath County, North Carolina
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Former county
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Albemarle and Bath counties (1738)
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Etymology: John Granville, Earl of Bath | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
Established | 1696 |
Extinct | 1724 |
Seat | Bath Town |
Precincts |
Bath County is an extinct county formerly located in the British American colony of North Carolina. The county was established in 1696 and was abolished in 1739. The original three precincts of Bath County—Pamplicough, Wyckham and Archdale—were renamed in 1712 and became Beaufort, Hyde, and Craven counties when Bath County split in 1738.
The town of Bath (still in existence as NC's oldest town) was a stopping place of Edward Teach, better known as the pirate Blackbeard. He is said to have married a local girl and briefly settled in the harbor town of Bath around 1716.
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