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Chowan County, North Carolina property search

Search an address or an owner in Chowan County, North Carolina with the box at the top of the map, or tap a lot, for its owner, lines and acreage. 12,801 lots are mapped here. 1,480 of them are held by institutions rather than by individuals.

Farmers and landowners in Chowan County received $4.3 million in federal farm program payments in 2025, paid to 101 recipients. 443 acres of agricultural land here are disclosed as foreign-held, the most by owners from Cayman Islands. Crop insurance paid $1.3 million in claims for the 2024 crop year.

12,801
Lots mapped
1,480
Institutional

Federal farm payments in Chowan County

$4.3M
Paid in 2025
101
Recipients
Federal farm program payments by program in Chowan County, North Carolina, 2025
ProgramPaid
Emergency Commodity Assistance Program$2.1M
Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops$820K
Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Spec Crops$440K
Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County$368K
Price Loss Coverage$361K
Supplemental Disaster Relief Spec Crops$176K

USDA Farm Service Agency payment files, 2025. Compare farm subsidies by county

Foreign-held farmland in Chowan County

443
Acres disclosed
1
Holdings
Foreign-held agricultural land by country in Chowan County, North Carolina, 2024
CountryAcres
Cayman Islands443

Largest disclosed holders

Largest foreign holders of agricultural land in Chowan County, North Carolina
Holder (country)Acres
HAY MAKIN INTERNATIONAL, INC. (CAYMAN ISLANDS)443

USDA Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act filings, holdings at the end of 2024. Only disclosed interests are counted. See foreign-owned farmland by county

Crop insurance in Chowan County

260
Policies
30,286
Insured acres
$1.3M
Claims paid
0.52
Loss ratio
Crop insurance claims by crop in Chowan County, North Carolina, 2024
CropClaims
Soybeans$333K
Corn$323K
Potatoes$244K
Cotton$160K
All Other Crops$142K

USDA Risk Management Agency Summary of Business, 2024 crop year.

Conservation and the power grid

27
CRP acres, 2025
4
Substations
230 kV
Highest voltage

Conservation Reserve Program acres under contract (USDA FSA). Substations in service, from a public copy of the federal HIFLD layer.

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Nearby counties in North Carolina

  • Perquimans County15,019
  • Pasquotank County22,788
  • Gates County7,997
  • Camden County7,955
  • Washington County12,608
  • Hertford County16,102
  • Bertie County18,788
  • Currituck County27,885

All North Carolina counties

This copy of Chowan County's records was taken on August 10, 2026. Assessment records, not a survey.