Coinjock is an unincorporated community in Currituck County, North Carolina

Currituck County, North Carolina

-National protected areas:*Currituck National Wildlife Refuge*Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge -Demographics:As of the census of 2010, there were 23,547 people, 6,902 households, and 5,204 families residing in the county. The population density was 70 people per square mile . There were...

. It is located on U.S. Route 158

U.S. Route 158

U.S. Route 158 is an east–west United States highway that runs for from Mocksville to Nags Head, entirely in the U.S. state of North Carolina.-Route description:...

 between Barco

Barco, North Carolina

Barco is an unincorporated community in Currituck County, North Carolina, United States at the southern terminus of North Carolina Highway 168, on U.S. Highway 158. It is the home of Currituck County High School and Currituck County Middle school....

 and Grandy

Grandy, North Carolina

Grandy is an unincorporated community in Currituck County, North Carolina, USA. It is located along US 158 on Buck Island between the Currituck Sound and the North River ....

, about 20 miles (32.2 km) south of the Virginia

Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

 state line, and is at mile marker 50 on the Intracoastal Waterway

Intracoastal Waterway

The Intracoastal Waterway is a 3,000-mile waterway along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States. Some lengths consist of natural inlets, salt-water rivers, bays, and sounds; others are artificial canals...

. The island to the east of Coinjock in the Currituck Sound

Currituck Sound

Currituck Sound is a protected inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in northeastern part of North Carolina. Thirty miles N-S and 3–8 miles wide, this shallow, island-filled sound is separated from the ocean by Bodie Island, part of the Outer Banks...

 has a village called Waterlily, which uses the postal address of Coinjock as well. This island is also known as Church's Island by locals because of a decayed church that was once a landmark of the tiny community. Coinjock is bordered by Currituck Sound to the east; the North River

North River (North Carolina)

The North River is a tidal river, approximately 18 miles long, in eastern North Carolina, the United States. It forms the boundary between Currituck and Camden counties....

 lies to the west. Its Zip code

ZIP Code

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 is 27923.

Residents suggest the name Coinjock is of Native American

Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...

 origin referring to mulberries

Mulberry

Morus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Moraceae. The 10–16 species of deciduous trees it contains are commonly known as Mulberries....

, which might have been prevalent in the area many years ago. There are no mulberry trees there now. The name has also been spelled Coenjock, Cowenjock, or Cornjack and sometimes as two words with the second beginning with a capital J. Bishop Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke (bishop)

Thomas Coke was the first Methodist Bishop and is known as the Father of Methodist Missions.Born in Brecon, south Wales, his father was a well-to-do apothecary...

visited Coenjock, as he called it, and preached to a small congregation in its chapel on March 19, 1785.