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New Hanover County
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county in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Named after
- House of Hanover
- Seat
- Wilmington
- Largest community
- Wilmington
- Total
- 328.86 sq mi (851.7 km )
- Land
- 192.26 sq mi (498.0 km )
- Water
- 136.60 sq mi (353.8 km ) 41.54%
- Estimate 2025
- 245,959
- Density
- 1,173.94/sq mi (453.26/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 7th
- Website
- www .nhcgov .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- House of Hanover
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Province of North Carolina
- Contains
- Wilmington
- Capital
- Wilmington
- Population
- 225702
- Area
- 849
- Shares border with
- Brunswick County
- Headquarters
- Wilmington
- Official website
- www.nhcgov.com
- Image
- New Hanover County Courthouse (March 2023) 17.jpg
- Households
- 97998
- Significant event
- First Battle of Fort Fisher
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- category for people born here
- Category:Births in New Hanover County, North Carolina
- water as percent of area
- 42
- native label
- New Hanover County
- Commons category
- New Hanover County, North Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:New Hanover County, North Carolina
- inception
- 1729-01-01
- category of associated people
- Category:People from New Hanover County, North Carolina
- social media followers
- 16689
- per capita income
- 36324
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Encyclopedic overview
New Hanover County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 225,702. The county seat is Wilmington. Though the second-smallest county in North Carolina by land area, it is one of the most populous counties, as Wilmington is one of the largest communities in the state. The county was created in 1729 as New Hanover Precinct and gained county status in 1739. New Hanover County is included in the Wilmington, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which also includes neighboring Pender and Brunswick counties.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “New Hanover County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.