Jarvisburg, North Carolina Explained

Official Name:Jarvisburg, North Carolina
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:North Carolina
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Currituck
Coordinates:36.2029°N -75.8666°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:27947
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:987532

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

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

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

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.pilotonline.com/news/vp-nw-black-graves-20200229-wdf2obuuo5h5td2y6bahizucly-story.html
  2. https://www.outerbanksvoice.com/2022/02/23/jarvisburg-resident-becomes-2-million-dollar-man/