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Chowan County

Chowan County Courthouse

Chowan County Courthouse, Photograph from the North Carolina Office of Archives and History

Field trip opportunities

Edenton National Fish Hatchery (Edenton)
Take a tour of the hatchery and find out how the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is helping to stock the lakes and rivers of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia with fish.
Historic Edenton (Edenton)
Contains a brief introduction and history of the town as well as a listing of special events.

Learn more about Chowan County

Farmville's choice
In this lesson, students will learn about rural life in North Carolina at the turn of the century. Home demonstration and 4H clubs implemented many programs to help people learn better farming techniques, ways of preserving food, and taking care of the home. Several North Carolina leaders went to great lengths to ensure the success of these programs. In part of this activity, students help the town of Farmville dedicate a monument to one of those people.
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Historic Edenton
Established in the late seventeenth century and incorporated in 1722, Edenton is a town rich in architecture and history since pre-Revolutionary times. Edenton is located in Chowan County on Edenton Bay...
Edenton National Fish Hatchery
The Hatchery features a raised 200 ft. boardwalk through bottomland hardwood wetland ending in a fishing pier; a classroom that seats 32; aquariums and exhibits; and a touch screen computer exhibit with...

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Man plowing his field as a part of a 4-H club peanut project