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About Johnston County
Johnston County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 215,999. Its county seat is Smithfield. Johnston County is included in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC Combined Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 2,368,947 in 2023.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
At a glance
Johnston County at a glance
- County seat
- Smithfield
- Population
- 215,999 (2020)
- Land area
- 796 sq mi
- Founded
- 1746
Communities
Largest communities in Johnston County
- Cleveland29,906
- Clayton26,307
- Smithfield county seat11,292
- Selma6,317
- Benson3,967
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