Eden, North Carolina

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Eden, North Carolina is a small city in Rockingham County known historically for its textile and manufacturing industries within the Piedmont region of the state.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipality
areaCode 336
areaLandSquareMiles 14.8
areaTotalSquareMiles 15.2
areaWaterSquareMiles 0.4
borderingStateNearby Virginia
climateClassification humid subtropical climate
country United States
county Rockingham County, North Carolina
countySeatOf none
distanceToGreensboroMiles 30
elevationFeet 640
FIPSCode 37-20540
formedByMergerOf Draper, North Carolina
Leaksville, North Carolina
Spray, North Carolina
GNISFeatureID 2404449
governmentType council–manager government
hasCommunityCollegeCampus Rockingham Community College (nearby county campus)
hasHistoricDistrict Central Leaksville Historic District
Draper Historic District
Leaksville Commercial Historic District
Spray Industrial Historic District
historicalIndustry manufacturing industry
textile industry
textile mills
tobacco manufacturing
incorporatedAsCity 1967
localAttraction Chinqua-Penn Walking Trail
localEvent RiverFest
localNewspaper Rockingham Now
locatedInRegion Piedmont region
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
locatedOnRiver Dan River
Smith River
majorEmployerHistorical Fieldcrest Mills
Karastan Rugs
Miller Brewing Company
namedAfter Eden House plantation
nearestLargeCity Greensboro, North Carolina
officialWebsite https://www.edennc.us/
partOfMetropolitanArea Greensboro–High Point metropolitan area
populationCensus2020 15205
postalCode 27288
27289
publicSchoolDistrict Rockingham County Schools
state North Carolina
timeZoneDST Eastern Daylight Time

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