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Duplin County, North Carolina

Duplin County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

 

County Seat: Kenansville
Year Organized: 1749
Square Miles: 818		 Court House:

PO Box 910
County Courthouse
Kenansville, NC 28349-0910
Etymology - Origin of County Name

It was named in honor of Thomas Hay, Lord Duplin, an English nobleman.

 

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

Duplin was formed in 1750 from New Hanover. It was named in honor of Thomas Hay, Lord Duplin, an English nobleman. It is in the eastern section of the State and is bounded by Jones, Onslow, Pender, Sampson, Wayne, and Lenoir counties. The present land area is 817.73 square miles and the 2000 population was around 49,063. From 1755 to 1780 the county seat was called Duplin Court House, but the location was not specified. The county court minutes merely say that the court was held at the court house. In 1816 Kenansville was laid out on the public lands and a new courthouse ordered to be erected. On and after January, 1819, the court was held in the courthouse in Kenansville. Kenansville is the county seat.

 

Neighboring Counties:
  • Jones
  • Onslow
  • Pender
  • Sampson
  • Wayne
  • Lenoir
Cities and Towns:
- Beulaville town Incorporated Area
- Calypso town Incorporated Area
- Faison town Incorporated Area
- Greenevers town Incorporated Area
- Kenansville (County Seat) town Incorporated Area
- Magnolia town Incorporated Area
- Pink Hill town Incorporated Area
- Rose Hill town Incorporated Area
- Teachey town Incorporated Area
- Wallace town Incorporated Area
- Warsaw town Incorporated Area
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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, act locally."
 

 

 

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