2019 Map of Elizabeth City

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The Pasquotank River serves as the central artery for this coastal landscape, dividing Pasquotank and Camden Counties as it flows toward the Albemarle Sound. The urban heart of Elizabeth City dominates the western bank, where dense street grids meet the Intracoastal Waterway at Cottage Point. On the eastern shore, the transition to rural Camden County is marked by small settlements like Camden and Belcross, surrounded by an extensive network of wetlands including the Black Swamp. This geography highlights the region's historic dependence on water for both industry and transport, with numerous points like Hospital Point and Anson Point jutting into the broad river. Genealogists will find a wealth of local history in the numerous family burial sites and memorial grounds, such as the Hollowell Family Plot, Smithson Family Cem, and New Sawyers Creek Missionary Baptist Cem, which are scattered throughout the agricultural and marshy periphery.