Edenton, NC Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

EDENTON , set along a beautiful, placid Albemarle Sound waterfront roughly forty miles south of the Virginia border, was established as North Carolina's first state capital in 1722. A major center of unrest in the American Revolution, it remained a prosperous port until the early nineteenth century, when it began to fade. Today Edenton feels frozen, not unpleasantly, some time around 1960. As you stroll around the town – possibly aided by the self-guided walking tour issued by the Historic Edenton Visitor Center (April–Oct Mon–Sat 9am–5pm, Sun 1–5pm; Nov–March … more »