page_title: Perquimans County, North Carolina
section_title: Communities
hierarchical_section_title: Perquimans County, North Carolina / Communities
caption_attribution_description: Map of Perquimans County, North Carolina, United States with township and municipal boundaries
context_page_description: Perquimans County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 13,453. Its county seat is Hertford. The county was originally created as Berkeley Precinct. It was renamed Perquimans Precinct around 1684 and gained county status in 1739.
  Perquimans County is part of the Elizabeth City, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk, VA-NC Combined Statistical Area.
  The Harvey Point Defense Testing Activity facility is located in Perquimans County.
caption: Map of Perquimans County, North Carolina With Municipal and Township Labels
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