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Founded in 1799, Washington County is named after the father of our country, General George Washington. Located in the northeast corner of North Carolina, the county make up a portion of the southern shore of Albemarle Sound. Plymouth, the county seat, was the site of the last major Confederate victory of the Civil War. The victory was especially historically notable in that it was largely due to the Confederate 'ironclad' ship, the Ram Albemarle. 

The Port O’ Plymouth Museum, established in 1988 by the Washington County Historical Society, is located in the old Seaboard Coastline depot on the Roanoke River in Downtown Plymouth. The structure is near the site of the sinking of the Ram Albemarle, the Confederate ironclad. Exhibits are rotated frequently to help portray an excellent perspective of early life in the region.

Somerset Place, a partially restored antebellum plantation, was once the third largest plantation in North Carolina. It is the site of the Historic Homecoming of descendants of slaves.

Pettigrew State Park has the largest collection of Indian dug-out canoes in America, the oldest dating back some 4400 years.

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South Side of the Albermarle Sound, NC
(Boat was the property of the late Fay H. Spruill, Jr., now deceased)

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