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Jarvisburg, North Carolina

Coordinates: 36°12′10.58″N 75°51′59.69″W / 36.2029389°N 75.8665806°W / 36.2029389; -75.8665806
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Jarvisburg, North Carolina
Coordinates: 36°12′10.58″N 75°51′59.69″W / 36.2029389°N 75.8665806°W / 36.2029389; -75.8665806
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountyCurrituck
ZIP code
27947
GNIS feature ID987532

Jarvisburg is an unincorporated community in rural Currituck County, North Carolina. A post office was established around 1890.[1]

There is a post office, elementary school, cafe, Jarvisburg Church of Christ, and Sanctuary Vineyard winery.

A two room schoolhouse for "colored" students in the district was enlarged and remodeled in 1911, adding a second-story and central bell tower,[2] the Jarvisburg Colored School is now a museum and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Corinth Baptist Church is also located in the area.[3]

A 1929 building, once a working cotton gin,[4] was destroyed by fire in 2019. At that time the building contained a well-known gift shop called "The Cotton Gin".[5][6]

In 2022 a resident of Jarvisburg won $2 million dollars on a scratch-off game administered by the North Carolina Education Lottery.[7]

Notes

References

  • Malvasi, Meg (2010). "Historic and Architectural Resources of Currituck County, 1790-1958" (PDF). North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office.
  • Butchko, Thomas R. (May 8, 1998). "National Register of Historic Places, Registration Form (Grandy School)" (PDF). North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office.
  • Blair, Howard; Renouf, Norman; Renouf, Kathy (2000). Adventure Guide to the Georgia & Carolina Coasts.
  • Tabb, Kip (June 17, 2020). "With a little help, Cotton Gin moves to rebuild". The Outer Banks Voice.
  • Pearman, Madison (October 12, 2019). "Massive fire engulfs popular Outer Banks gift shop, souvenir store 'The Cotton Gin'". WAVY-TV.