Jarvisburg, North Carolina | |
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| Coordinates: 36°12′10.58″N 75°51′59.69″W / 36.2029389°N 75.8665806°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Currituck |
| ZIP code | 27947 |
| GNIS feature ID | 987532 |
Jarvisburg is an unincorporated community in rural Currituck County, North Carolina. A post office was established around 1890.[1]
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,[2] 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.[3]
A 1929 building, once a working cotton gin,[4] was destroyed by fire in 2019. At that time the building contained a well-known gift shop called "The Cotton Gin".[5][6]
In 2022 a resident of Jarvisburg won $2 million dollars on a scratch-off game administered by the North Carolina Education Lottery.[7]
- ^ Malvasi 2010, p. 50.
- ^ Butchko 1998, pp. 9, 15.
- ^ https://www.pilotonline.com/news/vp-nw-black-graves-20200229-wdf2obuuo5h5td2y6bahizucly-story.html
- ^ Blair, Renouf & Renouf 2000, p. 131.
- ^ Tabb 2020.
- ^ Pearman 2019.
- ^ https://www.outerbanksvoice.com/2022/02/23/jarvisburg-resident-becomes-2-million-dollar-man/