Hyde was formed in 1705 from Bath. Hyde was reduced in size to form Dare County (along with Currituck and Terrell) in 1870. Otherwise, Hyde retains the same boundary from its formation. Despite the age, the older records were not preserved. An interesting attribute for this county, is the lack of roads, due to swamps, bays, and a very large lake. It is amazing how few roads are in this county. Despite this, Hyde county has a moderate size collection spanning 4-fibred boxes. The first box was transcribed into Volume 1 providing the oldest records Box 2 (1742-1859), as well as a nice group of bridge records Box 6 (Bridge records 1748-1928).
This is the second volume which includes Box 3 (1860-1909). Due to the quantity of records Ð and that the last two boxes of modern records will fit into another standalone volume Ð this book contains one box of records. Volume 3, containing the modern records and undated (one folder), will finalize this collection with the last two (smaller content) boxes.