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Pender County
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county in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Named after
- William Dorsey Pender
- Seat
- Burgaw
- Largest community
- Hampstead
- Total
- 934.17 sq mi (2,419.5 km )
- Land
- 871.30 sq mi (2,256.7 km )
- Water
- 62.87 sq mi (162.8 km ) 6.73%
- Estimate 2025
- 72,111
- Density
- 69.1/sq mi (26.7/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 7th
- Website
- www .pendercountync .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- William Dorsey Pender
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- North Carolina
- Contains
- Burgaw
- Capital
- Burgaw
- Population
- 60203
- Area
- 2416
- Shares border with
- Sampson County
- Official website
- www.pendercountync.gov
- Image
- Pender County Courthouse 2.jpg
- Households
- 22812
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- Commons category
- Pender County, North Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:Pender County, North Carolina
- water as percent of area
- 6.8
- native label
- Pender County
- inception
- 1875-00-00
- social media followers
- 1324
- per capita income
- 30666
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Pender County, North Carolina
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Encyclopedic overview
Pender County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 60,203. Its county seat is Burgaw. Pender County is part of the Wilmington, NC metropolitan statistical area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pender County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.