Bath, North Carolina Bath, North Carolina Location of Bath, North Carolina Location of Bath, North Carolina State North Carolina Bath is a town in Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States.
The populace was 249 at the 2010 census. Incorporated in 1705, Bath was North Carolina's first port of entry, positioned on the Pamlico River near its mouth.
Bath is North Carolina's earliest town, celebrating its 300th anniversary in 2005.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 0.93 square miles (2.4 km2), of which 0.35 square miles (0.9 km2) is territory and 0.54 square miles (1.4 km2), or 60.99%, is water. In the town, the populace was spread out with 19.6% under the age of 18, 3.3% from 18 to 24, 21.1% from 25 to 44, 32.0% from 45 to 64, and 24.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
European settlement near the Pamlico River in the 1690s led to the beginning of Bath.
In 1708, Bath consisted of 12 homes and about 50 citizens .
They attacked Bath, as well as plantations along the rivers, but by 1715 were defeated by a coalition of colonial pioneer from the Carolinas and a much larger group of American Indians allied against them. From 1705 until 1722, Bath was the first nominal capital of North Carolina; Edenton was designated next.
He documented the beauty and unique qualities of the town, laid out the town plan and helped secure its charter in 1705.
On March 8, 1705, the tract of territory was incorporated as the town of Bath by the General Assembly at a meeting at Capt.
Just like the disciples of old, he drove his wagon to the outskirts of town, removed his shoes, shook the dirt from them, and put a curse on the town.
He told confrontations that the Bible said citizens who couldn't get sinners to reform were to do just what he had done, and by shaking the dust of Bath from his shoes, the town would be cursed for its hardness of heart against the Word." Whitfield declared, "I say to the village of Bath, village you shall remain, now and forever, forgotten by men and nations until such time as it pleases God to turn the light of His countenance again upon you." Development moved past Bath and the town lies almost entirely inside the same boundaries laid out by its major founder, John Lawson.
The primary company metros/cities of North Carolina have advanced in the Piedmont area, stimulated by assembly of barns s and nineteenth-century textile mills.
Bath has remained a sleepy little village on the North Carolina coast.
Other attractions include the Historic Bath State Historic Site, which gives tours of the old town of Bath; St.
Thomas Church, the earliest standing Episcopal Church in North Carolina; historical homes; and a visitors center.
In addition to the Bath Historic District and St.
Thomas Church, the Bath School, Bonner House, and Palmer-Marsh House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. She was inspired by her own visit to the showboat, James Adams Floating Theatre, when it visited Bath Creek amid the spring of 1925.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Bath town, North Carolina".
"John Lawson's Bath: A Subterranean Perspective," North Carolina Historical Review "Naturalist, Explorer, and Town Father -- John Lawson and Bath", North Carolina Historical Review], 88(3), July 2011, 250-264 "Bath", North Carolina Historic Sites Town of Bath official website Historic Bath and the origins of Edna Ferber's novel Show Boat History and links on the North Carolina state site History of Bath and additional useful links Historic Bath Foundation Municipalities and communities of Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States
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Towns in North Carolina - Towns in Beaufort County, North Carolina - Populated places established in 1705 - 1705 establishments in North Carolina - Historic Albemarle Tour
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