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Edgecombe County
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county in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Named after
- Richard Edgcumbe
- Seat
- Tarboro
- Largest community
- Rocky Mount
- Total
- 506.87 sq mi (1,312.8 km )
- Land
- 505.44 sq mi (1,309.1 km )
- Water
- 1.43 sq mi (3.7 km ) 0.28%
- Estimate 2025
- 49,121
- Density
- 96.75/sq mi (37.36/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .edgecombecountync .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Province of North Carolina
- Contains
- Whitakers
- Capital
- Tarboro
- Population
- 48900
- Area
- 1312
- Shares border with
- Nash County
- Official website
- www.edgecombecountync.gov
- Image
- N 2011 66 Edgecombe County Courthouse (8476209570).jpg
- Households
- 20800
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- Commons category
- Edgecombe County, North Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:Edgecombe County, North Carolina
- inception
- 1741-01-01
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Edgecombe County, North Carolina
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Edgecombe County, North Carolina
- water as percent of area
- 0.3
- native label
- Edgecombe County
- per capita income
- 21595
Sources (12)
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Encyclopedic overview
Edgecombe County (/ˈɛdʒkəm/ EJ-kum or /ˈɛdʒkoʊm/ EJ-kohm) is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 48,900. Its county seat is Tarboro.
Edgecombe County is part of the Rocky Mount, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Edgecombe County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.