Find the Best Realtors
in Oriental, North Carolina
in Oriental, North Carolina
Tell us your home buying or selling needs. We analyze top
agents to find you proven local agents who compete for your business...
and It's FREE!
Top-performing Oriental real estate listing agents.
Find top-performing Oriental real estate Buyers Agents.
TOP PERFORMING AGENTS
Our network Realtors are among the top 5% in the country.
They are experienced, knowledgeable and outsell average
agents by 5 to 1.
EXPERIENCED, QUALIFIED
TopAgent2000 referred agents are 3Xs as likely to be CRS
designated and 35% more likely to have a college degree
than other agents in the MLS.
FREE, NO OBLIGATION
We work with large brokerages as well as boutique companies.
We work with the best agents, without bias and the service
is absolutely free with no obligation.
- Review proposals customized for you by Oriental Realtors.
- Compare their background, experience, commission rates and more.
- Find the Best Real Estate Agent in Oriental city.
Oriental is a town in Pamlico County , North Carolina , USA . The population was 875 at the 2000 census. Oriental is the largest city in the county, and home to most of its bed-and-breakfasts, restaurants, marinas, and boat brokerages, the newspaper, and the cultural center.
Oriental, an incorporated municipality, is in Eastern North Carolina's Inner Banks region where Smith and Whittaker creeks join the Neuse River. The area was settled by American Indians, who fished and farmed in the creeks and river long before Europeans settled the area. Pamlico County has a rich Indian history told in the many artifacts found in the region. Today, fewer than 1 percent of the town's residents are Native American.
Land records date grants from the King of England to colonial farmers and many residents can trace their familys genealogy to these times. The area was the haunt of pirates in the early days of European dominance. The famous pirate Edward Teach or Blackbeard made his home in Bath to the North of Oriental. The Midgettes (also Midyette) and other old families that still have descendants in the town came much later, in the late 1800s.
From the early 1900's Oriental's economy was supported by lumber, fishing and farming. Train service stopped in the 1950's. The last sawmill closed just about the time that sailors began to discover the village - in the early 1960's. Just 4 sailboats called Oriental home in 1960 - today the number has grown to more than 2,000. Oriental is now known as the "Sailing Capital Of North Carolina". Tourism, real estate, agriculture and marine related businesses lead the local economy. The town is the site of several new condominiums and other developments. A portion of its homes are unoccupied during the week, belonging to second-home owners from Raleigh, Cary, Charlotte or other urban areas of North Carolina.
Fishing trawlers still grace the small harbor, bringing in a catch of shrimp, crab or perhaps flounder depending on the season. But fishing here as elsewhere along the coast is diminishing. As a result, many boats based in Oriental fish as far south as Florida.
The United States Post Office Department established a post office in 1886. Lou Midyette was named postmaster of what was then known as Smiths Creek. Lou's wife, Rebecca, disregarding the town's history, renamed the community "Oriental" after a nameplate from a sunken ship that washed up on a local beach. Oriental was incorporated in 1899.
Two local festivals dominate: the Croaker Festival, an arts and vendor event culminating in a fireworks display held during the July 4 weekend, and the Spirit of Christmas, always held in early December. The Spirit of Christmas consists of local businesses holding open houses with hot cider and treats, while the local churches hold Nativity plays and host Christmas music concerts. There is also a boat parade in the harbor, where locals decorate their yachts with Christmas lights. In addition, the Oriental Rotary Club sponsors an annual catch-and-release tarpon fishing tournament the last weekend in July (2007 will be the 15th year) and, on New Year's Eve, the Oriental dragon makes a run through town twice (at 8:00 p.m. for the young 'uns, and at midnight for the adults). The Oriental Cup Regatta is held the last Saturday in June, and there are formal boat races most Saturdays from May through September, and informal ones most Wednesdays, too.
Oriental is now widely regarded as the sailing capital of North Carolina and provides easy access to some of the finest sailing on the East Coast.
Areas near ORIENTAL, North Carolina with zipcodes:
abc 40252 xyz jkl - ORIENTAL, NC 28571 - $627,795.00 .. abc 38148 xyz jkl - ARAPAHOE, NC 28510 - $280,000.00