Editing Hertford, North Carolina (section)

==History==

Hertford was originally incorporated in 1758 as the county seat for Perquimans County, first inhabited by the Yeopim Indians. County records show that the Yeopim chief Kalcacenin sold land to George Durant at the river mouth in March 1662, adjacent to land he had already sold to Samuel Pricklove.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Boddie |first=John Bennett |title=Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia |publisher=Genealogical Publishing Company |year=1973 |isbn=9780806305592 |pages=126 |language=en |quote=The records of Perquimans County show that one, George Durant, received a grant of land from the Indians prior to Governor Berkeley's grants. This grant was as follows: "I, Kalcacenin, King of Yeopim for valuable consideration make over to George Durant a parcel of land being on Roanoke Sound on a River called by the name of Perquimans which issueth out of the north side of the aforesaid sound, etc., beginning at a marked oak tree which divides this land from the land I formerly sold Samuel Pricklove. (dated) March, 1661-62. Teste; Thos. Warmouth, Caleb Calloway."}}</ref> The area was settled soon afterward, and a brick house on the site, the [[Newbold-White House]], has been dated by [[dendrochronology]] to 1730; it is the oldest known brick structure in the state.

Through the first part of the 20th century, Hertford thrived as a lumber town, making good use of the nearby river. The bridge that spanned the river was a floating bridge, made of steel and wood. When a boat came near and wanted passage, the bridge would be unhooked from one bank and allowed to float out of the way. When the boat had passed, lines were used to haul the free end of the bridge in and reconnect it. An swing bridge with S-shaped approaches is in use today.

Hertford is the hometown of baseball pitcher [[Catfish Hunter]]. Disc jockey [[Wolfman Jack]] is buried in nearby Belvidere, and the record company he started is still located in Hertford.

The [[Church of the Holy Trinity (Hertford, North Carolina)|Church of the Holy Trinity]], [[Cove Grove]], [[Fletcher-Skinner-Nixon House and Outbuildings]], [[Hertford Historic District]], [[Land's End (Hertford, North Carolina)|Land's End]], [[Newbold-White House]], [[Samuel Nixon House]], [[Old Neck Historic District]], [[Perquimans County Courthouse]], and [[Sutton-Newby House]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref>{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>