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Moyock’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Moyock. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Moyock is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Currituck County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 5,154.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 3,759 to 5,154 (+37%). Half of its homes were built before 2004.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Moyock 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.

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Moyock, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Moyock is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Moyock has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Twin Houses in Camden, 7.6 miles away.

Moyock and the nearest listed places

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Twin HousesShaw HouseWilliam Riley Abbott HouseDismal Swamp CanalCurrituck County Courthouse and JailWilson Walker House and Walker-Snowden Store

Closest to Moyock

Twin HousesCamden · Federal7.6miShaw HouseCamden · Building7.9miWilliam Riley Abbott HouseSouth Mills · Building8.5miDismal Swamp CanalSouth Mills · District9.3miCurrituck County Courthouse and JailCoinjock · Built 18579.4mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Twin Houses’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Moyock?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Moyock’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

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📜 Chesapeake📜 Elizabeth City📜 Virginia Beach📜 Winfall
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