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Martin County
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county in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Founded
- March 14, 1774
- Named after
- Josiah Martin
- Seat
- Williamston
- Largest community
- Williamston
- Total
- 456.70 sq mi (1,182.8 km )
- Land
- 456.41 sq mi (1,182.1 km )
- Water
- 0.29 sq mi (0.75 km ) 0.06%
- Estimate 2025
- 21,601
- Density
- 48.27/sq mi (18.64/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .martincountync .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Josiah Martin
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Province of North Carolina
- Contains
- Williamston
- Capital
- Williamston
- Population
- 22031
- Area
- 1195
- Shares border with
- Halifax County
- Official website
- www.martincountyncgov.com
- Image
- Williamston, NC - old Martin County Courthouse 2.JPG
- Households
- 9622
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Martin County, North Carolina
- Commons category
- Martin County, North Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:Martin County, North Carolina
- inception
- 1774-01-01
- different from
- Martinsville
- water as percent of area
- 0.06
- native label
- Martin County
- per capita income
- 24108
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Encyclopedic overview
Martin County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,031. Its county seat is Williamston.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Martin County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.