The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusArrowhead Beach is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Chowan County, North Carolina, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 640. The community is in northern Chowan County, on the east bank of the tidal Chowan River. It is bordered to the south by Chowan Beach. Edenton, the county seat, is 14 miles (23 km) to the south-southeast.
Half of its homes were built before 1985.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Arrowhead Beach yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Arrowhead Beach’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Arrowhead Beach’s history is told.
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2000
Nothing in Arrowhead Beach is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Arrowhead Beach has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Cullen and Elizabeth Jones House in Chowan Beach, 3.1 miles away.
Arrowhead Beach and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.





