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+33 photos$230,000
$181/sq ft
3 bd·2 ba·1,270 sq ft·0.26 ac
118 Huron Trail, Edenton, NC 27932
Edenton & Chowan County, NC · 2026
The Edenton Buyer's Brief
A working waterfront, a national historic overlay, and entry-level pricing that still makes sense in 2026. Three buyer profiles. Three separate briefs. One colonial town on the Albemarle Sound.
- briefs, built separately
- 3
- year-round residents
- 4,400
- entry-level median
- $295k
- year founded
- 1712
Three Briefs · Three Buyers
Start with the one that fits you.
Edenton's buyer profiles diverge sharply. A combined guide would be useless for all three of them. These are written separately on purpose.
Historic Buyer's Brief
For the colonial & waterfront buyer
The list price is one number — the real cost of owning in the historic district is another, and this brief covers the gap.
Entry-Level Buyer's Brief
For the $200k–$375k buyer
USDA, FHA, or VA pre-approved? This brief covers which Edenton houses your loan will actually close on.
Waterfront & Lifestyle Brief
For the buyer relocating from a major metro
Waterfront access and a walkable colonial downtown, without a metro-sized cost of living — here's how Edenton actually works.
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Take a Quiz, Save $250Three centuries at a bend in the Albemarle
The town's history, and why it still shapes the market.
North Carolina's second colonial capital. The first known political action by women in the British American colonies. The town Harriet Jacobs escaped from and wrote about. The eighteenth-century buildings buyers evaluate for COA review today were raised while Edenton still governed the colony.
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Town Profile
The town behind the briefs.
County seat of Chowan County on the Albemarle Sound. A working colonial waterfront, not a preserved one — which is exactly where the opportunity and the friction both live.
- Historic district status
- National Register + Local Overlay — confirm parcel status
- Drive to Norfolk
- 75 miles
- Waterfront access
- Albemarle Sound + Edenton Bay — CAMA jurisdiction varies by parcel
- Property tax rate
- $1.15 per $100 assessed value — county + town combined, FY2026-27
- Schools
- Chowan County Schools About 2,000 students, small consolidated district
- USDA eligibility
- Most of the county outside town center — condition + parcel dependent
Live Data
Current Edenton market activity.
Active listings, median list price, and days on market — pulled from RPR and refreshed every 24–48 hours. Useful context before you decide whether the market timing works for you.
Data sourced from RPR (Realtors Property Resource). Updated periodically.
The broker
Travis Old
Horizon Realty Group · North Carolina Real Estate
Travis works the Northeast NC corridor — Chowan, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans — with a focus on buyers whose decisions need an operator's perspective, not a brochure's. Edenton alone splits into three genuinely different transactions: a National Register historic core with its own COA approval process and tax-credit stack, a working waterfront on the Albemarle Sound where CAMA and flood-zone rules decide what you can actually build or renovate, and a $200k–$375k entry-level market where USDA eligibility determines which houses your loan will close on. One combined guide would shortchange all three — which is why this site is three separate briefs instead. Active in regional market data through RPR and an appointed member of the 2026 William C. Bass Leadership Academy.
Serving
Credential
2026William C. Bass Leadership Academy — appointed member
Education
2018University of North Carolina at Greensboro — BA in Economics
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