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Craven County, North Carolina
Craven County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: New Bern
Year Organized: 1705
Square Miles: 708.43
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Court House: 406 Craven Street
County Courthouse
New Bern, NC 28560-4911
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
It was named in honor of William Lord Craven, one of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
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History
Craven was first created as Archdale Precinct of Bath County in 1705. The name was changed about 1712. It was named in honor of William Lord Craven, one of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina. It is in the eastern section of the State and is bounded by
Carteret, Jones, Lenoir, Pitt, Beaufort and Pamlico counties. The present land area is 708.43 square miles and the population in 2000 was 91,523. The county seat was first called Chattawka, or Chattoocka, and later. in 1723, Newbern. New Bern - the law fixed the spelling in 1897 - is the county
seat.
Neighboring Counties:
- Carteret
- Jones
- Lenoir
- Pitt
- Beaufort
- Pamlico
Cities and Towns:
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- Bridgeton |
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- Cove City |
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- Dover |
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- Havelock |
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- New Bern
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- River Bend |
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- Trent Woods |
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- Vanceboro |
town |
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County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
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