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It is not known when the first courthouse of Pasquotank County was built, but from 1737 to 1757 the courthouse was at Brook Field. In 1758 it was moved to Belfe's Point. It remained there until 1762 or probably a little later. In 1784 the Assembly directed that it be moved to Nixonton, and from 1785 to 1800 Nixonton was the county seat. In 1799 Elizabeth (City) Town was named the county seat and in 1800, the first court was held there, and Elizabeth Town was changed to Elizabeth City in l801.1
Pasquotank County gets its name is derived from an Indian word pasketanki which meant "where the current of the stream divides or forks."1
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