Hertford County, NC borders Northampton near Ahoskie Metropolitan Centre giving us a 2020 estimated census population standing at 23,821 making it the 97th most populous county located in North Carolina overall. Its county seat is Ahoskie with other cities include Cofield & Murfreesboro- Ahoskie itself equates out to Hertford’s largest town aside from acknowledged country seat. This area had been formed out of Bertie and Chowan Counties back in 1760 when local citizens petitioned for new administrative boundaries - posthumously named after British Army Colonel Francis Seymour Conway 1st Marquess Of Hertford whose successful career within government continued mid 18th century onwards.