Edgecombe County, North Carolina

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county of North Carolina

Edgecombe County, North Carolina is a historic county in the eastern part of the state known for its agricultural heritage and role in the early development of North Carolina.

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Label	Occurrences
Edgecombe County, North Carolina canonical	3

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	county of North Carolina ⓘ
areaLand	approximately 505 square miles ⓘ
areaTotal	approximately 507 square miles ⓘ
areaWater	approximately 2 square miles ⓘ
borderedBy	Greene County, North Carolina ⓘ Halifax County, North Carolina ⓘ Martin County, North Carolina ⓘ Nash County ⓘ surface form: Nash County, North Carolina Pitt County, North Carolina ⓘ Wilson County, North Carolina ⓘ
climate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
congressionalDistrict	North Carolina's 1st congressional district ⓘ
contains	Rocky Mount, North Carolina ⓘ surface form: City of Rocky Mount, North Carolina Town of Conetoe, North Carolina ⓘ Town of Leggett, North Carolina ⓘ Town of Macclesfield, North Carolina ⓘ Town of Pinetops, North Carolina ⓘ Town of Princeville, North Carolina ⓘ Town of Sharpsburg, North Carolina ⓘ Town of Speed, North Carolina ⓘ Town of Tarboro ⓘ Town of Whitakers, North Carolina ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
countySeat	Tarboro, North Carolina ⓘ
crossedByRiver	Tar River ⓘ
FIPSCode	37-065 ⓘ
formedFrom	Bertie County, North Carolina ⓘ
founded	1741 ⓘ
GNISID	1020070 ⓘ
hasAirport	Rocky Mount–Wilson Regional Airport ⓘ
hasHistoricSite	Princeville Historic District ⓘ Tarboro Historic District ⓘ
historicalRole	important in early development of North Carolina ⓘ
knownFor	agricultural heritage ⓘ cotton production ⓘ tobacco farming ⓘ
largestCity	Rocky Mount, North Carolina ⓘ
locatedIn	eastern North Carolina ⓘ
motto	“Where Agriculture and Industry Meet” ⓘ
namedFor	Richard Edgecombe ⓘ
officialWebsite	https://www.edgecombecountync.gov/ ⓘ
partOf	Rocky Mount, North Carolina ⓘ surface form: Rocky Mount, North Carolina metropolitan area
population	approximately 48,900 ⓘ
populationAsOf	2020 ⓘ
region	North Carolina Coastal Plain ⓘ surface form: Coastal Plain of North Carolina
schoolDistrict	Edgecombe County Public Schools ⓘ
state	North Carolina ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ surface form: Eastern Daylight Time

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Granville County, North Carolina → formedFrom → Edgecombe County, North Carolina ⓘ

Rocky Mount, North Carolina → partOf → Edgecombe County, North Carolina ⓘ

Tar River → flowsThroughCounty → Edgecombe County, North Carolina ⓘ