Welcome to Wild and Wonderful Tyrrell County - Nature's buffer zone, sprawled between the urban mainland and the popular stretch of North Carolina's Outer Banks. Here is where the red wolf howls. Bald eagles and northern harriers soar across the sunset. American alligators live at their northern limits near ancient pocosin forests. Conservation gems like Palmetto-Peartree Preserve, Emily and Richardson Preyer Buckridge Coastal Preserve, Pocosin Lake National Wildlife Refuge and the new bayside Eastern 4-H Environmental Education Conference Center help highlight Tyrrell County's remarkable natural wealth.
Columbia is the county seat. Its quaint charm and Tyrrell County's wild beauty has captured the heart of more than a few. Cora Barksdale was one of them. She moved to Columbia in the early part of the 20th century to become the editor of The Tyrrell Times newspaper and her unabashed adoration of the place was obvious in her writing. Such enthusiasm is understandable. In a world sometimes too anxious to attract tourists, Tyrrell County stands out as "the real thing"...genuine, down home, unpretentious. Visit Tyrrell County today and see for yourself!