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Hyde County & Eastern North Carolina Area History

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Hyde County, one of the state's oldest counties, was originally in Bath County. In 1705, Bath County was divided into 3 precincts, one of them being "Wickham." In 1711, Wickham was changed to "Hyde," in honor of Edward Hyde, a cousin of Queen Anne.
   

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Bath, the oldest town in North Carolina and former seat, was at one time in the old Hyde precinct.
  
Hyde County's first seat was in Woodstock (now in Beaufort County). It was eventually moved to Germantown and then to Lake Landing. In 1836 it was moved to Swan Quarter. The county is crisscrossed by canals and ditches that attest to the many attempts at drainage of the lowlands and swamplands of the region.
  
Our rich, fertile peat soil has attracted various investors. The timber industry soon became important here, which led to the coming of the New Holland, Higginsport and Mt. Vernon Railroad.   
 
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