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Craven County
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county in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Named after
- William, Earl of Craven
- Seat
- New Bern
- Largest community
- New Bern
- Total
- 773.28 sq mi (2,002.8 km )
- Land
- 706.57 sq mi (1,830.0 km )
- Water
- 66.71 sq mi (172.8 km ) 8.63%
- Estimate 2025
- 105,025
- Density
- 142.55/sq mi (55.04/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- www .cravencountync .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- North Carolina
- Contains
- Vanceboro
- Capital
- New Bern
- Population
- 100720
- Area
- 2005
- Shares border with
- Lenoir County
- Official website
- www.cravencountync.gov
- Image
- New Bern Municipal Building (City Hall).jpg
- Households
- 41002
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- Commons category
- Craven County, North Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:Craven County, North Carolina
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Craven County, North Carolina
- inception
- 1712-00-00
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Craven County, North Carolina
- water as percent of area
- 8.4
- native label
- Craven County
- per capita income
- 29908
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Craven County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 100,720. Its county seat is New Bern. The county was created in 1705 as Archdale Precinct from the now-extinct Bath County. It was renamed Craven Precinct in 1712 and gained county status in 1739. It is named for William, Earl of Craven, who lived from 1606 to 1697. Craven County is part of the New Bern, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Craven County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.