As of March 23, the case in Northampton County was only the second reported in the northeastern North Carolina. The other was in Paquotank County.

Hospitalization data is a daily average of Covid-19 patients in hospital service areas that intersect with Northampton County, an area which may be larger than Northampton County itself.

A highway historical marker says the Colonial militia attacked at the Sugarloaf Massacre on Sept. 11, 1780 came from Northumberland County, but an author researching the massacre said the soldiers ...