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North Carolina Counties

North Carolina is divided into 100 counties. North Carolina ranks 28th in size by area, but has the seventh most counties in the country.

Wayne County, North Carolina

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

County Seat: Goldsboro
Year Organized: 1779
Square Miles: 553

Court House:

PO Box 227
County Courthouse
Goldsboro, NC 27533-0227

Etymology - Origin of County Name

It was named in honor of Anthony Wayne, one of Washington's most trusted soldiers.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Wayne was formed in 1779 from Dobbs. It was named in honor of Anthony Wayne, one of Washington's most trusted soldiers. It is in the eastern section of the State and is bounded by Greene, Lenoir, Duplin, Sampson, Johnston and Wilson counties. The present land area is 552.57 square miles and the 2000 population was 113,329. The act establishing the county provided that the first court should be held at the home of Josiah Sasser at which time the justices were to decide on a place for all subsequent courts until a courthouse could be erected. By 1782 the commissioners were named. In 1787 an act was passed establishing Waynesborough on the west side of the Neuse on the land of Andrew Bass "where the courthouse now stands." In 1845, and again in 1847, acts were passed moving the courthouse from Waynesborough to Goldsboro provided the people voted for the same. Goldsboro is the county seat.

Neighboring Counties:

Greene
Lenoir
Duplin
Sampson
Johnston
Wilson

Cities and Towns:

- Eureka	town	Incorporated Area
- Fremont	town	Incorporated Area
- Goldsboro (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Mount Olive	town	Incorporated Area
- Pikeville	town	Incorporated Area
- Seven Springs	town	Incorporated Area
- Walnut Creek	village	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of this country!"

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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."