Jarvisburg, North Carolina
Jarvisburg is an unincorporated community in rural Currituck County, North Carolina. A post office was established around 1890.
Jarvisburg, North Carolina | |
|---|---|
Unincorporated community | |
| Coordinates: 36°12′10.58″N 75°51′59.69″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Currituck |
| ZIP code | 27947 |
| GNIS feature ID | 987532 |
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, 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.
A 1929 building, once a working cotton gin, was destroyed by fire in 2019. At that time the building contained a well-known gift shop called "The Cotton Gin".
In 2022 a resident of Jarvisburg won $2 million dollars on a scratch-off game administered by the North Carolina Education Lottery.