INFORMATION about pamlico county nc. QUICK!?

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does anyone know anything about pamlico county. i cant find anything about it!!!

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Pamlico, North Carolina

- called Pamlico because " The Pamlico (or Pomouik) were a Native American people of North Carolina, U.S.A.. They spoke an Algonquian language also known as Pamlico or Carolina Algonquian. "

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamlico

- county seat is Bayboro

- total area is 566 sq mi (1,466 km²) — 337 square miles (873 km²) of land, 229 square miles (594 km²) of  (40.49%) of water

- formed in 1872 — from portions of Craven and Beaufort counties

- located in the center of eastern North Carolina

- located in the tidewater region of the coastal plain section

- a peninsula surrounded by waters of the Neuse River and Pamlico Sound

- tends to be a rural county

- last 10 yrs a fair bit of residential development - retirees and investors - because lots of water front property (intra-coastal waterway)

- counties surrounding Pamlico:

- - Beaufort County - north

- - Hyde County - northeast (across Pamlico Sound)

- - Carteret County - southeast (across the Neuse River estuary)

- - Craven County - southwest (across the Neuse River

estuary) and west

- sailing, fishing, hunting , 4-H plus commercial fishing (fish, shrimp, crabs, oysters) and farming (black-loam soil) - --cotton, corn, tobacco, Irish and sweet potatoes and rice

-  Pamlico Rural Tourism Council holds events such as Pamlico Paddle (kayaks and canoes )

- Pimlico Sea Base - high adventure outdoor program developed for Scouts

- lots of evergreen forests, marshlands

- timber and its by-products - part of the local economy

- Population, 2006 estimate  12,785

- population density of 37.3 per square mile

That's about it!  (*-*)