Elizabeth City possesses the second-largest Coast Guard Base in the world.
Elizabeth City once had the largest wooden structure in the world (a former U.S. Navy blimp hangar), until it burned down in 1995.
Pasquotank County is the state's largest producer of Irish Potatoes.
Pasquotank County was the site of the first public school in North Carolina. (A memorial is located along Nixonton Road in the Southern part of the county.)
Elizabeth City had the first community college in the state.
Weeksville is regarded by some farmers to be the "Cabbage Capital of the World".
We had the first modern hospital and enclosed shopping mall in the Albemarle region.
The city is home to the famous Rose Buddies, Fred Fearing and the late Joe Kramer, who greets boaters docking at Elizabeth City with roses, food and hospitality. They are well-known by boaters traveling along the Intracoastal Waterway.