Map of Windsor town, North Carolina

Windsor is a town in Bertie County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 3,630 at the 2010 census, up from 2,283 in 2000. It is the county seat of Bertie County, which is also the homeland of the Southern Band Tuscarora Tribe that remained in North Carolina post Colonialism. Windsor is located in North Carolina’s Inner Banks region.

Windsor town overview:
Name:	Windsor town
LSAD Code:	43
LSAD Description:	town (suffix)
State:	North Carolina
County:	Bertie County
Elevation:	3 ft (1 m)
Total Area:	2.81 sq mi (7.29 km²)
Land Area:	2.81 sq mi (7.29 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	3,582
Population Density:	1,272.47/sq mi (491.22/km²)
ZIP code:	27983 27959
Area code:	252
FIPS code:	3774680
GNISfeature ID:	1023279
Website:	windsornc.com

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Windsor online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.

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History

The land was historically the home of the Tuscarora people. Today, there are Tuscarora residents living in the village of Tandequemuc, now called Merry Hill.

Bertie County Courthouse, Bertie Memorial Hospital, Elmwood, Freeman Hotel, Hope Plantation, Jordan House, King House, Liberty Hall, Rosefield, and Windsor Historic District are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

In the early morning hours of August 4, 2020, an EF3 tornado spawned by Hurricane Isaias struck areas just outside of Windsor. The twister obliterated 12 mobile homes within a mobile home park outside of town, and flattened another poorly built house. The tornado killed 2 people and injured 14 others. The tornado would the strongest tropical cyclone spawned tornado since 2005. Governor Roy Cooper toured the damage area in the days following the event.