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About Edgecombe County
Edgecombe County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 48,900. Its county seat is Tarboro.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
At a glance
Edgecombe County at a glance
- County seat
- Tarboro
- Population
- 48,900 (2020)
- Land area
- 507 sq mi
- Founded
- 1741
Communities
Largest communities in Edgecombe County
- Rocky Mount54,341
- Tarboro county seat10,721
- Princeville1,254
- Pinetops1,200
- Macclesfield413
History of Edgecombe County
This area eventually comprising Edgecombe County was historically home to the Tuscarora, a Native American people. The first European settlers arrived in the Tar River region in the mid-1730s. On May 16, 1732, Royal Governor of the Province of North Carolina George Burrington, in response to a petition and with the consent of his council, authorized for the representation of an Edgecombe Precinct in the North Carolina General Assembly, named in honor of British politician Richard Edgcumbe. This decision was vetoed by the assembly and subsequently debated for several years. In 1741, the assembly acceded to the creation of the precinct. The reason for why the eventual county's name is spelled differently than the honoree's name or when this discrepancy came into practice is unknown. In 1746 part of Edgecombe County became Granville County.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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