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Johnston County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina.As of the 2020 census, the population was 215,999. [1] Its county seat is Smithfield. [2]Johnston County is included in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC Combined Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 2,368,947 in 2023.
Smithfield is a town in and the county seat of Johnston County, North Carolina, [5] United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 11,292. [6] [7] Smithfield is home to the Ava Gardner Museum, Wild Bill's Western Town named Shadowhawk, and is situated along the Neuse River, where visitors enjoy the annual Smithfield Ham and Yam Festival, walks along the Buffalo Creek Greenway, and ...
Pine Level, chartered 1872, is a town in Johnston County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,700 at the 2010 census, [4] up from 1,313 in 2000. Pine Level is located 35 miles (56 km) southeast of Raleigh, the state capital.
Micro is the least-populated incorporated community in Johnston County. [6] As of the census [ 3 ] of 2000, there were 454 people, 211 households, and 124 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,114.9 inhabitants per square mile (430.5/km 2 ).
The U.S. State of North Carolina currently has 48 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated nine combined statistical areas, 15 metropolitan statistical areas, and 24 micropolitan statistical areas in North Carolina. [1]
Four Oaks was one of several towns founded along a branch of the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, completed though Johnston County in 1886. [5]Four Oaks—named for four oak tree sprouts growing from a stump—incorporated in 1889, and at that time had a post office, a public gin, saw and grist mills, a saloon and general store, a church, and a population of 25.
Benson is a town in Johnston County, North Carolina, United States, near the intersection of Interstates 95 and 40. Benson celebrates Mule Days on the fourth Saturday of September, a festival that attracts over 60,000 people each year. [4] At the 2020 census, the population was 3,967.
Princeton is a town in Johnston County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 1,194. [4] Each May the town celebrates Princeton Community Day, a festival dedicated to promoting community involvement and town pride. The town holds municipal elections in November in odd-number years to elect its mayor and ...