User:NENCGuy/Crawford Township, Currituck County, North Caqrolina

Crawford Township
Township
Location in Currituck County
Coordinates: 36°25′8.6″N 76°3′4.7″W
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	Clay
Area
• Total	102.3 sq mi (264.96 km2)
• Land	84.7 sq mi (219.37 km2)
• Water	17.6 sq mi (45.58 km2)  17.2%
Elevation	3 ft (1 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	5,662
• Density	66.8/sq mi (25.8/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code	252

Crawford Township is the central Township, and one of the four townships of Currituck County, North Carolina, United States. The other three are:

• Fruitville Township
• Moyock Township
• Poplar Branch

By area, it is the ??third smallest?? Township in Currituck County.

Geography

Crawford Township has an elevation of xxxx ft. (xxx meters)

Topography consists of farmland, woodlands, swamps, marsh and estuaries

Swamps

• Great Swamp

Creeks / Rivers

• Buckskin Creek (Latitude: 36.455988° Longitude: -76.075485° Elevation: 0 ft.)
• Bullfrog Creek (Shiloh Unknown 36.358ºN 76.045ºW)
• Coinjock Creek (Barco Unknown 36.408ºN 75.995ºW)
• Cowells Creek (Currituck Unknown 36.467ºN 76.080ºW)
• East Creek/Canal (Shiloh Unknown 36.372ºN 76.039ºW)
• Herring Run
• Indiantown Creek
• Long Creek (Coinjock Unknown 36.313ºN 75.979ºW)
• New Bridge Creek (Currituck Unknown 36.478ºN 76.104ºW)
• North River
• North Landing River ( Barco Unknown 36.460ºN 75.952ºW)
• Roland Creek
• Run Swamp Canal
• Sligo Creek
• Tull Creek (Currituck Unknown 36.500ºN 76.084ºW)

Points / Capes

• Bell Point (Barco Unknown 36.441ºN 75.972ºW)
• Long Point (Barco Unknown 36.402ºN 75.957ºW)

Islands

• Long Point Island (Barco Unknown 36.402ºN 75.957ºW)
• Little Long Point (Barco Unknown 36.402ºN 75.957ºW)
• Mate Island (Barco Unknown 36.406ºN 75.957ºW)
• Little Bell Island (Barco Unknown 36.412ºN 75.961ºW)
• Bell Island (Barco 3 feet 36.428ºN 75.974ºW)

Bays

• Coinjock Bay (36.402ºN 75.970ºW)
• Tull Bay (36.503ºN 76.067ºW)
• Currituck Sound
• Taylor Bay (36.325ºN 75.973ºW)

Other

• Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Albemarle & Chesapeake Canal) (Barco Unknown 36.375ºN 75.950ºW)
• The Launch Channel Currituck Creeds Unknown 36.504ºN 76.042ºW
• Mill's Landing (Barco Unknown 36.408ºN 75.994ºW)
• Indian Ridge (Currituck 16 feet 36.393ºN 76.090ºW)

Unincorporated Communities

Crawford Township is home to eight unincorporated communities:

• Barco (Barco 10 feet 36.392ºN 75.980ºW)
• Beechwood Shores (Currituck Unknown 36.474ºN 76.100ºW)
• Coinjock (northern portion) (Coinjock 3 feet 36.343ºN 75.952ºW)
• Currituck (Currituck 7 feet 36.450ºN 76.015ºW)
• Gregory (Currituck 7 feet 36.384ºN 76.123ºW)
• Gum Corner (Corner Gum) ( Currituck 3 feet 36.431ºN 76.092ºW)
• Maple (Currituck 7 feet 36.415ºN 76.004ºW)
• Moyock (southern portion) (Moyock 7 feet 36.525ºN 76.178ºW)
• New Providence (Currituck 13 feet 36.413ºN 76.094ºW
• Shawboro ( Currituck 13 feet 36.405ºN 76.094ºW)
• Sligo (Currituck Unknown 36.452ºN 76.077ºW)
• Snowden (Currituck 7 feet 36.457ºN 76.109ºW)
• Tulls (Currituck 7 feet 36.491ºN 76.074ºW)
• Wedgewood Lakes (Currituck 7 feet 36.476ºN 76.040ºW)

Schools

• Currituck Schools Administrative Offices (Currituck, NC) (Currituck 10 feet 36.444ºN 76.014ºW)
• Central Elementary School (Maple, NC) (Currituck 3 feet 36.392ºN 76.009ºW)
• Currituck County High School (Barco, NC) (Coinjock 7 feet 36.369ºN 75.970ºW)
• Currituck County Middle School (Barco, NC) (Coinjock 7 feet 36.369ºN 75.970ºW)
• J.P. Knapp Early College High School (Currituck, NC) (Currituck 33 feet 36.395ºN 76.014ºW)
• Shawboro Elementary School (Shawboro, NC)

Library

• Currituck County Public Library, Barco, NC (Coinjock 3 feet 36.369ºN 75.970ºW)

Fire/EMS

Crawford Township is served by the Crawford Township Volunteer Fire Department and Currituck County EMS.

Governmental Offices

Governmental Offices for the County of Currituck are located in the community of Currituck. These include:

• Administration Office of Courts
• Clerk of Superior Court
• County Attorney
• County Manager's Office
• Economic Development
• Emergency Management Services (EMS) (Currituck 7 feet 36.450ºN 76.015ºW)
• Finance Department
• Fire Marshall
• Parks and Recreation
• Planning and Inspections
• Public Works
• Register of Deeds
• Senior Center
• Sheriff's Office (Currituck 16 feet 36.400ºN 76.019ºW)
• Tax Department
• Water Department

Churches

• Center Chapel (Barco, NC) (Coinjock 3 feet 36.363ºN 75.967ºW)
• Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (Barco, NC) (Barco 7 feet 36.386ºN 75.985ºW) former Great Hope Church
• Coinjock Baptist Church (Coinjock, NC)
• Good Hope AME Zion Church (Moyock, NC) (Currituck 3 feet 36.454ºN 76.047ºW)
• New Life Christian Fellowship (Barco, NC)
• New Providence Missionary Baptist Church (Shawboro, NC) (Currituck Unknown 36.408ºN 76.067ºW)
• New Vision Community Church (Shawboro, NC)
• Perkins United Methodist Church (Shawboro, NC) (Currituck 7 feet 36.424ºN 76.092ºW)
• Pilmoor Memorial United Methodist Church (Currituck, NC) (USGS Quad: Currituck; Elev: 7 feet; Lat: 36.448ºN; Long: 76.015ºW)
• Providence Baptist Church (Shawboro, NC) (USGS Quad: Currituck; Elev: 10 feet; Lat: 36.411ºN; Long: 76.092ºW)
• Rehoboth Baptist Church (Maple, NC) (USGS Quad: Currituck; Elev: 10 feet; Lat: 36.408ºN; Long: 76.017ºW)
• St. Katherine Drexel Catholic Church (Maple, NC)
• St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Sligo, NC)
• Weeping Mary Church of Christ (Moyock, NC) (USGS Quad: Currituck; Elev: 10 feet; Lat: 36.467ºN; Long: 76.034ºW)
• Wilson Grove AME Zion Church (Gregory, NC)

Cemeteries

Crawford Township has numerous private / family cemeteries. These include:

• Ballance / Snowden Cemetery (Maple, NC)

Transportation

Airports

• Currituck County Regional Airport (KONX) (Currituck Unknown 36.397ºN 76.029ºW)

Ferries

• Currituck - Knotts Island Ferry (Barco Unknown 36.466ºN 75.970ºW)

Major highways

• NC 34
• NC 168
• US 158

Railroads

• Albemarle & Chesapeake Railroad

References

Category:Populated places in Currituck County, North Carolina