Edgecombe County

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Edgecombe County Courthouse
Edgecombe County Courthouse
administration
US state : North Carolina
Administrative headquarters : Tarboro
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
P.O. Box 10
Tarboro, NC 27886-0010
Foundation : April 4, 1741
Made up from: Bertie County
Area code : 001 252
Demographics
Residents : 55,606  (2000)
Population density : 42.5 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1312 km²
Water surface : 4 km²
map
Map of Edgecombe County within North Carolina
Website : www.edgecombecountync.gov

Edgecombe County is a county in the state of North Carolina in the United States . The county seat is Tarboro , which was named after the nearby Tar River .

geography

The county is located in northeastern North Carolina, about 60 km to the north from Virginia , and has an area of ​​1,312 square kilometers, of which 4 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Halifax County , Martin County , Pitt County , Wilson County, and Nash County .

Edgecombe County is divided into 14 numbered townships : 1 (Tarboro), 2 (Lower Conetoe), 3 (Upper Conetoe), 4 (Deep Creek), 5 (Lower Fishing Creek), 6 (Upper Fishing Creek), 7 (Swift Creek ), 8 (Sparta), 9 (Otter Creek), 10 (Lower Town Creek), 11 (Walnut Creek), 12 (Rocky Mount), 13 (Cokey) and 14 (Upper Town Creek).

history

Edgecombe County was formed on April 4, 1741 from parts of Bertie County. It was named after Richard Edgcumbe , a British nobleman, Member of Parliament and Treasury Secretary. In 1987 the County and Tarboro was the location for the film Summer Heat .

Coolmore (1940)

The county has a National Historic Landmark , the Coolmore Plantation House . A total of 37 buildings and sites in the county are registered in the National Register of Historic Places (as of March 2, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1790 10,225 -
1800 10,421 1.9%
1810 12,423 19.2%
1820 13,276 6.9%
1830 14,935 12.5%
1840 15,708 5.2%
1850 17.189 9.4%
1860 17,376 1.1%
1870 22,970 32.2%
1880 26,181 14%
1890 24,113 -7.9%
1900 26,591 10.3%
1910 32.010 20.4%
1920 37,995 18.7%
1930 47,894 26.1%
1940 49.162 2.6%
1950 51,634 5%
1960 54,226 5%
1970 52,341 -3.5%
1980 55,988 7%
1990 56,558 1 %
2000 55,606 -1.7%
Before 1900

1900-1990 2000

As of the 2000 census , Edgecombe County had 55,606 people in 20,392 households and 14,804 families. The population density was 43 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 40.06 percent white, 57.46 percent African American, 0.20 percent Native American, 0.13 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 1.56 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.58 percent were descended from two or more races. 2.79 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 20,392 households, 32.8 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 46.2 percent of these were married couples living together, 21.5 percent were single mothers and 27.4 percent were non-families. 24.0 percent were single households and 10.1 percent had people 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.16 people.

27.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 8.6 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 28.4 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 23.4 percent between 45 and 64, and 12.5 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For all females there were 86.8 males. For all women aged 18 or over there were 80.8 men.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 30,983, and the median income for a family is $ 35,902. Males had a median income of $ 27,300 versus $ 21,649 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,435. 19.6 percent of the population and 16.0 percent of families are below the poverty line. 27.5 percent of them are children and young people under 18 years of age and 18.4 percent are 65 years of age or older.

See also

Web links

Commons : Edgecombe County  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 1008551. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: North Carolina . National Park Service , accessed March 2, 2018.
  3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 2, 2018.
  4. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
  5. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 20, 2011
  6. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 20, 2011
  7. ^ Edgecombe County, North Carolina , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Coordinates: 35 ° 55 ′  N , 77 ° 36 ′  W