Hertford is a town and the county chair of Perquimans County, North Carolina, United States. The current population of Hertford, North Carolina is 1,912 based upon the 2020 census. The US Census estimates the 2021 population at 1,925. The last credited US Census in 2010 recorded the population at 2,143. Hertford is located in North Carolina’s Inner Banks region and is ration of both the Elizabeth City Micropolitan Statistical Area and the Hampton Roads region. It is named after the county town of Hertford, England.

Hertford was originally incorporated in 1758 as the county chair for Perquimans County, first inhabited by the Yeopim Indians. County records work that the Yeopim chief Kalcacenin sold home to George Durant at the river mouth in March 1662, adjacent to land he had already sold to Samuel Pricklove. The Place was contracted soon afterwards, and a brick home on the site, the Newbold-White House, has been out of date by dendrochronology to 1730; it is the oldest known brick structure in the state.

Through the first ration of the 20th century, Hertford thrived as a lumber town, making great use of the nearby river. The bridge that spanned the river was a floating bridge, made of steel and wood. When a boat came near and wanted passage, the bridge would be unhooked from one bank and allowed to float out of the way. When the boat had passed, lines were used to haul the free decrease of the bridge in and reconnect it. An oscillate bridge following S-shaped approaches is in use today. Local lore claims its pretend to have is unique in the US, but the Blaine Hill “S” Bridge predates it by more than a century.

Hertford is the hometown of baseball pitcher Catfish Hunter. Disc jockey Wolfman Jack is buried in approachable Belvidere, and the autograph album company he started is nevertheless located in Hertford.