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User:NENCGuy/Crawford Township, Currituck County, North Caqrolina

Coordinates: 36°25′8.6″N 76°3′4.7″W / 36.419056°N 76.051306°W / 36.419056; -76.051306
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Crawford Township
Location in Currituck County
Location in Currituck County
Coordinates: 36°25′8.6″N 76°3′4.7″W / 36.419056°N 76.051306°W / 36.419056; -76.051306
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountyClay
Area
 • Total102.3 sq mi (264.96 km2)
 • Land84.7 sq mi (219.37 km2)
 • Water17.6 sq mi (45.58 km2)  17.2%
Elevation
3 ft (1 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total5,662
 • Density66.8/sq mi (25.8/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code252

Crawford Township is the central Township, and one of the four townships of Currituck County, North Carolina, United States. The other three are:

By area, it is the ??third smallest?? Township in Currituck County.

Geography

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Crawford Township has an elevation of xxxx ft. (xxx meters)

Topography consists of farmland, woodlands, swamps, marsh and estuaries

Swamps

  • Great Swamp

Creeks / Rivers

  • Buckskin Creek (Latitude: 36.455988° Longitude: -76.075485° Elevation: 0 ft.)
  • Bullfrog Creek (Shiloh Unknown 36.358ºN 76.045ºW)
  • Coinjock Creek (Barco Unknown 36.408ºN 75.995ºW)
  • Cowells Creek (Currituck Unknown 36.467ºN 76.080ºW)
  • East Creek/Canal (Shiloh Unknown 36.372ºN 76.039ºW)
  • Herring Run
  • Indiantown Creek
  • Long Creek (Coinjock Unknown 36.313ºN 75.979ºW)
  • New Bridge Creek (Currituck Unknown 36.478ºN 76.104ºW)
  • North River
  • North Landing River ( Barco Unknown 36.460ºN 75.952ºW)
  • Roland Creek
  • Run Swamp Canal
  • Sligo Creek
  • Tull Creek (Currituck Unknown 36.500ºN 76.084ºW)

Points / Capes

  • Bell Point (Barco Unknown 36.441ºN 75.972ºW)
  • Long Point (Barco Unknown 36.402ºN 75.957ºW)

Islands

  • Long Point Island (Barco Unknown 36.402ºN 75.957ºW)
  • Little Long Point (Barco Unknown 36.402ºN 75.957ºW)
  • Mate Island (Barco Unknown 36.406ºN 75.957ºW)
  • Little Bell Island (Barco Unknown 36.412ºN 75.961ºW)
  • Bell Island (Barco 3 feet 36.428ºN 75.974ºW)

Bays

  • Coinjock Bay (36.402ºN 75.970ºW)
  • Tull Bay (36.503ºN 76.067ºW)
  • Currituck Sound
  • Taylor Bay (36.325ºN 75.973ºW)

Other

  • Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Albemarle & Chesapeake Canal) (Barco Unknown 36.375ºN 75.950ºW)
  • The Launch Channel Currituck Creeds Unknown 36.504ºN 76.042ºW
  • Mill's Landing (Barco Unknown 36.408ºN 75.994ºW)
  • Indian Ridge (Currituck 16 feet 36.393ºN 76.090ºW)

Unincorporated Communities

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Crawford Township is home to eight unincorporated communities:

  • Barco (Barco 10 feet 36.392ºN 75.980ºW)
  • Beechwood Shores (Currituck Unknown 36.474ºN 76.100ºW)
  • Coinjock (northern portion) (Coinjock 3 feet 36.343ºN 75.952ºW)
  • Currituck (Currituck 7 feet 36.450ºN 76.015ºW)
  • Gregory (Currituck 7 feet 36.384ºN 76.123ºW)
  • Gum Corner (Corner Gum) ( Currituck 3 feet 36.431ºN 76.092ºW)
  • Maple (Currituck 7 feet 36.415ºN 76.004ºW)
  • Moyock (southern portion) (Moyock 7 feet 36.525ºN 76.178ºW)
  • New Providence (Currituck 13 feet 36.413ºN 76.094ºW
  • Shawboro ( Currituck 13 feet 36.405ºN 76.094ºW)
  • Sligo (Currituck Unknown 36.452ºN 76.077ºW)
  • Snowden (Currituck 7 feet 36.457ºN 76.109ºW)
  • Tulls (Currituck 7 feet 36.491ºN 76.074ºW)
  • Wedgewood Lakes (Currituck 7 feet 36.476ºN 76.040ºW)

Schools

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  • Currituck Schools Administrative Offices (Currituck, NC) (Currituck 10 feet 36.444ºN 76.014ºW)
  • Central Elementary School (Maple, NC) (Currituck 3 feet 36.392ºN 76.009ºW)
  • Currituck County High School (Barco, NC) (Coinjock 7 feet 36.369ºN 75.970ºW)
  • Currituck County Middle School (Barco, NC) (Coinjock 7 feet 36.369ºN 75.970ºW)
  • J.P. Knapp Early College High School (Currituck, NC) (Currituck 33 feet 36.395ºN 76.014ºW)
  • Shawboro Elementary School (Shawboro, NC)


Library

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  • Currituck County Public Library, Barco, NC (Coinjock 3 feet 36.369ºN 75.970ºW)

Fire/EMS

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Crawford Township is served by the Crawford Township Volunteer Fire Department and Currituck County EMS.

Governmental Offices

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Governmental Offices for the County of Currituck are located in the community of Currituck. These include:

  • Administration Office of Courts
  • Clerk of Superior Court
  • County Attorney
  • County Manager's Office
  • Economic Development
  • Emergency Management Services (EMS) (Currituck 7 feet 36.450ºN 76.015ºW)
  • Finance Department
  • Fire Marshall
  • Parks and Recreation
  • Planning and Inspections
  • Public Works
  • Register of Deeds
  • Senior Center
  • Sheriff's Office (Currituck 16 feet 36.400ºN 76.019ºW)
  • Tax Department
  • Water Department

Churches

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  • Center Chapel (Barco, NC) (Coinjock 3 feet 36.363ºN 75.967ºW)
  • Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (Barco, NC) (Barco 7 feet 36.386ºN 75.985ºW) former Great Hope Church
  • Coinjock Baptist Church (Coinjock, NC)
  • Good Hope AME Zion Church (Moyock, NC) (Currituck 3 feet 36.454ºN 76.047ºW)
  • New Life Christian Fellowship (Barco, NC)
  • New Providence Missionary Baptist Church (Shawboro, NC) (Currituck Unknown 36.408ºN 76.067ºW)
  • New Vision Community Church (Shawboro, NC)
  • Perkins United Methodist Church (Shawboro, NC) (Currituck 7 feet 36.424ºN 76.092ºW)
  • Pilmoor Memorial United Methodist Church (Currituck, NC) (USGS Quad: Currituck; Elev: 7 feet; Lat: 36.448ºN; Long: 76.015ºW)
  • Providence Baptist Church (Shawboro, NC) (USGS Quad: Currituck; Elev: 10 feet; Lat: 36.411ºN; Long: 76.092ºW)
  • Rehoboth Baptist Church (Maple, NC) (USGS Quad: Currituck; Elev: 10 feet; Lat: 36.408ºN; Long: 76.017ºW)
  • St. Katherine Drexel Catholic Church (Maple, NC)
  • St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Sligo, NC)
  • Weeping Mary Church of Christ (Moyock, NC) (USGS Quad: Currituck; Elev: 10 feet; Lat: 36.467ºN; Long: 76.034ºW)
  • Wilson Grove AME Zion Church (Gregory, NC)

Cemeteries

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Crawford Township has numerous private / family cemeteries. These include:

  • Ballance / Snowden Cemetery (Maple, NC)

Transportation

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Airports

  • Currituck County Regional Airport (KONX) (Currituck Unknown 36.397ºN 76.029ºW)

Ferries

  • Currituck - Knotts Island Ferry (Barco Unknown 36.466ºN 75.970ºW)

Major highways

  • NC 34
  • NC 168
  • US 158

Railroads

  • Albemarle & Chesapeake Railroad

Adjacent Townships

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References

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Category:Populated places in Currituck County, North Carolina