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Edgecombe County, North Carolina

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

 

County Seat: Tarboro
Year Organized: 1735
Square Miles: 505		 Court House:

P.O. Box 10
County Courthouse
Tarboro, NC 27886-0010
Etymology - Origin of County Name

It was named in honor of Richard Edgecome, who became Baron Edgecombe in 1742, an English nobleman and a lord of the Treasury.

 

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

Edgecombe was formed in 1741 from Bertie. although deeds begin in 1732 and one will dates from 1733. [No action had been taken on a bill to establish the county in 1734.] It was named in honor of Richard Edgecome, who became Baron Edgecombe in 1742, an English nobleman and a lord of the Treasury. It is in the eastern section of the State and is bounded by Martin, Pitt, Wilson, Nash, and Halifax counties. The present land area is 505.03 square miles and the 2000 population was 55,606. The first county seat was Edgecombe Court House. Tarboro was established in 1760 and was made the county seat in 1764.

 

Neighboring Counties:
  • Martin
  • Pitt
  • Wilson
  • Nash
  • Halifax
Cities and Towns:
- Conetoe town Incorporated Area
- Dortches town Incorporated Area
- Leggett town Incorporated Area
- Macclesfield town Incorporated Area
- Pinetops town Incorporated Area
- Princeville town Incorporated Area
- Rocky Mount city Incorporated Area
- Speed town Incorporated Area
- Tarboro (County Seat) town Incorporated Area
County Resources:

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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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