Jarvisburg, North Carolina

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

Jarvisburg, North Carolina
Unincorporated community
Coordinates: 36°12′10.58″N 75°51′59.69″W
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountyCurrituck
ZIP code
27947
GNIS feature ID987532

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.

A resident of Jarvisburg won $2 million dollars in a lottery scratch off.[3]

A 1929 building once a working cotton gin,[4] then a well-known gift shop, "The Cotton Gin" was destroyed by a 2019 fire.[5][6]

Corinth Baptist Church is in the area.[7]

Notes
  1. Malvasi 2010, p. 50.
  2. Butchko 1998, pp. 9, 15.
  3. https://www.outerbanksvoice.com/2022/02/23/jarvisburg-resident-becomes-2-million-dollar-man/
  4. Blair, Renouf & Renouf 2000, p. 131.
  5. Tabb 2020.
  6. Pearman 2019.
  7. https://www.pilotonline.com/news/vp-nw-black-graves-20200229-wdf2obuuo5h5td2y6bahizucly-story.html

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.
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