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Onslow County
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county in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Named after
- Arthur Onslow
- Seat
- Jacksonville
- Largest community
- Jacksonville
- Total
- 905.20 sq mi (2,344.5 km )
- Land
- 762.08 sq mi (1,973.8 km )
- Water
- 143.12 sq mi (370.7 km ) 15.81%
- Estimate 2025
- 217,175
- Density
- 268.44/sq mi (103.65/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- www .onslowcountync .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Arthur Onslow
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Province of North Carolina
- Contains
- Jacksonville
- Capital
- Jacksonville
- Population
- 204576
- Area
- 2353
- Shares border with
- Duplin County
- Official website
- www.onslowcountync.gov
- Image
- Onslow County Courthouse, North Carolina.jpg
- Households
- 66131
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- Commons category
- Onslow County, North Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:Onslow County, North Carolina
- inception
- 1734-01-01
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Onslow County, North Carolina
- water as percent of area
- 16
- native label
- Onslow County
- social media followers
- 2804
- per capita income
- 24817
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Encyclopedic overview
Onslow County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 204,576. Its county seat is Jacksonville. The county was created in 1734 as Onslow Precinct and gained county status in 1739. Onslow County comprises the Jacksonville, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area. The southern border of the county is the coast of the Atlantic Ocean.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Onslow County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.