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Edgecombe County ( / ˈɛdʒkəm / EJ-kum or / ˈɛdʒkoʊm / EJ-kohm) [ 1 ][ 2 ] is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 48,900. [ 3 ] Its county seat is Tarboro. [ 4 ] Edgecombe County is part of the Rocky Mount, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area .
Carteret County (/ ˌ k ɑːr. t ə ˈ r ɛ t / KAR-tuh-REHT or / ˌ k ɑːr. t ɜːr ˈ ɛ t / KAR-tur-ET) [1] [2] is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 67,686. [3] Its county seat is Beaufort. [4] The county was created in 1722 as Carteret Precinct and gained county status in 1739. [5]
Partitioned into Greene County, Lenoir County, and Wayne County. Tryon County. 1768 [ 14] 1779 [ 14] Partitioned into Lincoln County and Rutherford County. For several months in 1784, Cumberland County was known as Fayette County and sent representatives to the North Carolina General Assembly of April 1784 under this name.
www .catawbacountync .gov. Catawba County ( / kəˈtɔːbə / kuh-TAW-buh) [ 1 ] is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 160,610. [ 2 ] Its county seat is Newton, [ 3 ] and its largest community is Hickory . The county is part of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area .
North Carolina is a state located in the Southern United States. According to the 2020 United States census, North Carolina is the 9th-most populous state with 10,439,388 inhabitants, but the 28th-largest by land area spanning 53,819 square miles (139,390 km 2) of land. [1] [2] North Carolina is divided into 100 counties and contains 552 ...
Rowan County (/ r oʊ ˈ æ n / roh-AN) [1] [2] is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina that was formed in 1753, as part of the British Province of North Carolina.It was originally a vast territory with unlimited western boundaries, but its size was reduced to 524 square miles (1,360 km 2) after several counties were formed from Rowan County in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Leland is the most populous town in Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 23,504 at the 2020 census, [ 3] up from 13,527 in 2010. As of 2020, it is considered to be one of the fastest growing towns in North Carolina. [ 5] It is part of the Wilmington, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The county is located in far Western North Carolina in the Great Smoky Mountains. It holds more of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park than any other county in North Carolina or Tennessee. The highest point in the county is Clingmans Dome, elevation 6,643 feet, located on the NC/TN border. Clingman's is the third-highest peak in North Carolina.