User:NENCGuy/Crawford Township, Currituck County, North Caqrolina
Crawford Township | |
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Coordinates: 36°25′8.6″N 76°3′4.7″W / 36.419056°N 76.051306°W | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
County | Clay |
Area | |
• Total | 102.3 sq mi (264.96 km2) |
• Land | 84.7 sq mi (219.37 km2) |
• Water | 17.6 sq mi (45.58 km2) 17.2% |
Elevation | 3 ft (1 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 5,662 |
• Density | 66.8/sq mi (25.8/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
Area code | 252 |
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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Currituck County Public Library, Barco, NC (Coinjock 3 feet 36.369ºN 75.970ºW)
Fire/EMS
[edit]Crawford Township is served by the Crawford Township Volunteer Fire Department and Currituck County EMS.
Governmental Offices
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]Crawford Township has numerous private / family cemeteries. These include:
- Ballance / Snowden Cemetery (Maple, NC)
Transportation
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]Category:Populated places in Currituck County, North Carolina