New Bern

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city county seat

New Bern is a historic coastal city in eastern North Carolina, known as a former colonial capital and one of the oldest towns in the state.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
New Bern, North Carolina	7
New Bern, North Carolina, United States	2
New Bern, Province of North Carolina	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ county seat ⓘ
capitalFrom	1770 ⓘ
capitalUntil	1792 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
foundedBy	Christoph von Graffenried ⓘ Swiss and Palatine German settlers ⓘ
foundingYear	1710 ⓘ
hasAirport	Coastal Carolina Regional Airport ⓘ
hasCensusDesignation	city in Craven County, North Carolina ⓘ
hasGovernmentType	council–manager government ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict	New Bern Historic District ⓘ
hasHistoricRole	important colonial port and trade center ⓘ
hasHistoricSite	Attmore–Oliver House ⓘ Bank of the Arts ⓘ Cedar Grove Cemetery ⓘ Christ Episcopal Church ⓘ New Bern Academy Museum ⓘ Tryon Palace ⓘ
hasNickname	Birthplace of Pepsi ⓘ
hasSisterCity	Bern, Switzerland ⓘ
isBirthplaceOf	Pepsi ⓘ surface form: Pepsi-Cola
isCountySeatOf	Craven County, North Carolina ⓘ
isOneOf	oldest towns in North Carolina ⓘ
knownFor	being a former colonial capital of North Carolina ⓘ being one of the oldest towns in North Carolina ⓘ colonial history ⓘ historic architecture ⓘ waterfront tourism ⓘ
locatedIn	Craven County, North Carolina ⓘ
locatedInRegion	North Carolina Coastal Plain ⓘ surface form: Eastern North Carolina North Carolina Coastal Plain ⓘ surface form: North Carolina coastal plain
locatedNear	Pamlico Sound ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Neuse River ⓘ Trent River ⓘ
namedAfter	Bern, Switzerland ⓘ
partOfMetropolitanArea	New Bern Metropolitan Statistical Area ⓘ
PepsiCreatedBy	Caleb Bradham ⓘ
PepsiCreationYear	1893 ⓘ
predecessorCapital	Brunswick Town ⓘ
servedByHighway	U.S. Route 17 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 70 NERFINISHED ⓘ
state	North Carolina ⓘ
successorCapital	Raleigh ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
wasCapitalOf	Province of North Carolina ⓘ North Carolina ⓘ surface form: State of North Carolina
wasColonialGovernorResidence	Tryon Palace ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Richard Dobbs Spaight → birthPlace → New Bern ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Bern, Province of North Carolina

Walt Bellamy → birthPlace → New Bern ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Bern, North Carolina, United States

Province of North Carolina → capital → New Bern ⓘ

Richard Dobbs Spaight → deathPlace → New Bern ⓘ