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Edgecombe County (/ ˈ ɛ dʒ k ə m / EJ-kum or / ˈ ɛ dʒ k oʊ m / EJ-kohm) [1] [2] is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census , the population was 48,900. [ 3 ]
After Halifax County was separated from Edgecombe County in 1758–59, the original county seat of Enfield was within Halifax. Tarboro officially was designated as the county seat of Edgecombe in 1764. For four years the county government had met in Redman's Field. The North Carolina State Legislature met here
Princeville is a town in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, United States established by freed slaves after the Civil War. It was established in 1865 and known as Freedom Hill . [ 5 ] It was incorporated in 1885 as Princeville, the first independently governed African American community chartered in the United States.
North Carolina's 1868 constitution adopted a "Township and County Commissioner Plan" for structuring local government, largely inspired by provisions in Pennsylvania's constitution. Townships were created under the county unit of government, with every county divided into them, and each given their own township board.
Pages in category "Towns in Edgecombe County, North Carolina" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
How did Edgecombe, a historic Black community in Pender County, get named? In the book "Griot: The Evolution of Edgecombe" by Curtis Hardison, the author writes about researching into his family ...
EDGECOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WNCT) — A man was arrested Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024 after law enforcement officers stopped a vehicle for speeding. The driver was going 89 miles per hour in a 70 mph zone.
The Formation of the North Carolina Counties, 1663–1943. Raleigh: State Dept. of Archives and History, 1950. Reprint, Raleigh: Division of Archives and History, North Carolina Dept. of Cultural Resources, 1987. ISBN 0-86526-032-X; Powell, William S. The North Carolina Gazetteer. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1968. Reprint ...