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A boat docked beside the Roanoke River Lighthouse in Edenton Harbor

Edenton & Chowan County, NC

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The town behind the briefs.

Historic district
National Register+ local overlay; confirm parcel status
Waterfront
Albemarle Sound+ Edenton Bay; CAMA varies by parcel
Property tax
$1.20 / $100county + town combined, FY2026-27
Schools
Chowan Countyabout 2,000 students
Drive to Norfolk
75 milesfrom downtown Edenton
USDA eligibility
Most of the countyoutside town center; parcel dependent
A shaded colonial-era street in the style of Edenton's historic district

North Carolina's second colonial capital, and the town Harriet Jacobs escaped from and wrote about. The eighteenth-century buildings buyers take through COA review today were raised while Edenton still governed the colony.

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Active listings
82listed for sale in Chowan County
Median list price
$354Khalf list above, half below
Median days on market
81for homes still for sale
New this week
5listed in the last 7 days

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Travis Old, Broker, Horizon Realty Group

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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.

Credentials

  • 2026William C. Bass Leadership Academy, appointed member
  • 2023Licensed North Carolina Real Estate Instructor
  • 2017North Carolina General Contractor's License

Education

  • 2018University of North Carolina at Greensboro, BA in Economics
  • 2016College of the Albemarle at Elizabeth City, Associate Degree

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