Bladen County, North Carolina

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Bladen County, North Carolina is a largely rural county in the southeastern part of the state, known for its extensive forests, agriculture, and historic role as one of North Carolina’s oldest counties.

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Bladen County, North Carolina canonical 14
Bladen 2
Bladen County 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
county
borders Brunswick County, North Carolina
Columbus County, North Carolina
Cumberland County, North Carolina
Pender County, North Carolina
Robeson County, North Carolina
Sampson County
surface form: Sampson County, North Carolina
contains Bay Tree Lake
Bladen Lakes State Forest
Elizabethtown, North Carolina
surface form: Bladenboro, North Carolina

Cape Fear River
Clarkton, North Carolina
Dublin, North Carolina
East Arcadia, North Carolina
Elizabethtown, North Carolina
Jones Lake
Jones Lake State Park
Kelly, North Carolina
Salters Lake
Singletary Lake
Singletary Lake State Park
Tar Heel, North Carolina
White Lake
White Lake, North Carolina
country United States of America
countySeat Elizabethtown, North Carolina
economyBasedOn agriculture
food processing
forestry
established 1734
FIPSCode 37XXX
GNISFeatureID 010XXX
governingBody Bladen County Board of Commissioners
hasCharacteristic agricultural economy
extensive forests
largely rural
hasLandUse farmland
timberland
hasNickname Mother County
hasReasonForNickname many other North Carolina counties were formed from its original territory
isOneOf oldest counties in North Carolina
largestSettlement Elizabethtown, North Carolina
locatedIn North Carolina
southeastern North Carolina
namedAfter Martin Bladen
partOf Sandhills region of North Carolina
surface form: North Carolina Sandhills region

United States South
state North Carolina
subdivisionType county of North Carolina
timeZone Eastern Time Zone

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Orange County, North Carolina formedFrom Bladen County, North Carolina
Cumberland County, North Carolina borderedByCounty Bladen County, North Carolina
Cape Fear River flowsThroughCounty Bladen County, North Carolina
White Lake, North Carolina county Bladen County, North Carolina
Tar Heel, North Carolina county Bladen County, North Carolina
Tar Heel, North Carolina locatedIn Bladen County, North Carolina
East Arcadia, North Carolina locatedIn Bladen County, North Carolina
East Arcadia, North Carolina partOf Bladen County, North Carolina
this entity surface form: Bladen County
East Arcadia, North Carolina isInCounty Bladen County, North Carolina
this entity surface form: Bladen County
Bladen Lakes State Forest locatedIn Bladen County, North Carolina
Bladen County Board of Commissioners governs Bladen County, North Carolina
Bladen County Board of Commissioners appliesToJurisdiction Bladen County, North Carolina
Bladen County Board of Commissioners governingBodyOf Bladen County, North Carolina
Bladen County Board of Commissioners legislativeBodyOf Bladen County, North Carolina
Bladen County Board of Commissioners executiveBodyOf Bladen County, North Carolina
Martin Bladen familyName Bladen County, North Carolina
this entity surface form: Bladen
Thomas Bladen familyName Bladen County, North Carolina
this entity surface form: Bladen