Edgecombe County, North Carolina Basics:


Edgecombe County North Carolina - Government Site

Population: 55,736
Area: 505 square miles
County seat: Tarboro
Area code(s) in use: 252
Time zone: EST
High school graduate or higher: 78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.4%
Median household income: $33,917
Persons in poverty: 24.0%
Home ownership rate: 63.6%
Mean travel time to work: 21.2 minutes


Adjacent counties:
Halifax  Martin  Nash  Pitt  Wilson  

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Map of the Edgecombe County area


Our detail map of Edgecombe County shows the Edgecombe County, North Carolina boundary lines and other interesting items.

Places in Edgecombe County, North Carolina

  Airports     show all on map

Tarboro-Edgecombe Airport, Thompson Farms Airport

  Bridges     show all on map

Bells Bridge, Dunbar Bridge, Mabrey Bridge

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Alcohol Law Enforcement, Conetoe Volunteer Fire and Emergency Medical Services Company, Edgecombe County Courthouse, Edgecombe County Rescue Squad, Edgecombe County Sheriff's Office, Edgecombe Criminal Division, Heartsease Volunteer Fire Department, Leggett Volunteer Fire Department, Lewis Community Volunteer Fire Department, MacClesfield Rural Volunteer Fire Department, Pinetops Police Department, Pinetops Volunteer Fire Department, Princeville Police Department, Princeville Town Hall, Princeville Volunteer Fire Department, Rocky Mount Fire Department Station 1, Rocky Mount Fire Department Station 5, Rocky Mount W Base, Sharpsburg Fire Prevention Association Substation, South Edgecombe Rural Fire Department, Speed Volunteer Fire Department, Tarboro Fire Department Station 1, Tarboro Fire Department Station 2, Tarboro Police Department, Tarboro Town Hall, West Edgecombe Rescue Squad, West Edgecombe Volunteer Fire Department

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Cromwell Canal, East Tarboro Canal, Knight Canal, Leggett Canal

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Battle Cemetery, Bellamy Cemetery, Bulluck Cemetery, Bulluck Cemetery, Carlyle Cemetery, Community Cemetery, County Home Cemetery, Dancy Memorial Cemetery, Edgecombe Memorial Park, Harrison Cemetery, Hunter Cemetery, Hutchins Cemetery, Hyde Cemetery, Jerusalem Cemetery, King Cemetery, Lawrence Cemetery, Manning Cemetery, Northeastern Cemetery, Old Bricks Cemetery, Old Town Cemetery, Phillips Cemetery, Pineview Cemetery, Pope Cemetery, Powell Cemetery, Price Cemetery, Price Cemetery, Temple Cemetery, Unity Cemetery, Watson Cemetery

  Churches     show all on map

Antioch Church, Avalon Church, Batts Chapel, Bethany Church, Bethlehem Church, Bethlehem Church, Calvary Church, Cedar Grove Church, Cedar Grove Church, Eagles Church, Ebenezer Church, Edgewood Church, Faith Church, Faith Tabernacle, Friendship Church, Gloria Hope Church, Grace Chapel, Grace Church, Grace Church, Hickory View Church, Johnson Church, Living Hope Church, Lower Town Creek Church, McKendree Church, Meadowbrook Church, Meetinghouse Church, Metropolitan Church, Morning Star Church, Morning Star Church, Mount Galilee Church, Mount Moriah Church, Mount Olive Church, Mount Zion Church, New Hope Church, Oak View Church, Oakdale Church, Old Salem Church, Otter Creek Church, Penders Chapel, Pittman Grove Church, Pleasant Hill Church, Proctors Church, Pyatts Chapel, Red Hill Church, Saint James Church, Saint Luke Church, Saint Marks Church, Saint Matthew Church, Shiloh Church, Speight Chapel, Temperance Hall, Thornes Church, Union Branch Church, Webbs Chapel, Webbtown Church, William Chapel, Williams Church

  Dams     show all on map

Gammons Pond Dam, Hokes Pond Dam, Nobles Mill Pond Dam, Strickland Pond Dam, Weeks Pond Dam, Wiggins Lake Dam, Winslows Pond Dam

  Falls     show all on map

Little Falls

  Hospitals     show all on map

Vidant Edgecomb Hospital

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Hemmed Island

  Locales     show all on map

Bricks, Canoe Landing (historical), Dancys Landing (historical), Dogtown, Edgecombe Park Shopping Center, Englewood Shopping Center, Fairview Shopping Center, Golden Leaf Center, Lawrences Landing (historical), Little Mill Landing (historical), McDowell County Plaza, Oakwood Shopping Center, Parkhill Mall, Pitt Crossroads, Raleigh Road Shopping Center, Red Hill, Rock Mount Community Center, Rocky Mount Fairgrounds, Stantons Mill (historical), Suggs Landing, Tarrytown Mall, Walnut Shopping Center, Wellongate Shopping Plaza

  Mines     show all on map

Rocky Mount Pit, Rocky Mount Quarry 11, Triangle Sand Quarry

  Parks     show all on map

Burlington Park, Meadowbrook Park, Sunrise Park

  Populated Places     show all on map

Austin Pines, Battleboro, Belvedere, Brake, Brentwood, Bullucks Crossroads, Cherry Crossroads, Clifton Ridge, Coakley, Cobb Town, Cobbs Crossroads, Colonial Woods, Conetoe, Crisp, Cromwell Heights, Davistown, Deans Heights, Draughn, Dunbar, Edgecombe Hills, Fairview, Farrar, Forest Acres, Fountain Fork, Fox Hollow, Gethsemane, Glenburnie, Green Hills Trailer Park, Hartsboro, Hartsease, Hazelwood Park, Henrietta, Hilma Park, Hope Lodge, Kungsboro, Lancaster, Lawrence, Leggett, Leggett Park, Logsboro, Lyndale Acres, Macclesfield, Mayos Crossroads, McNair Crossing, Meadow Brook, Mercer, Mildred, Mobile City Trailer Park, Mobile Home Estates, Old Sparta, Panola Heights, Penelo, Phillips Crossroads, Pine Ridge, Pinetops, Piney Grove, Princeville, Runnymeade, Saint Lewis, Scotts Crossroads, Shiloh Mills, South Rocky Mount, Southern Terrace, Speed, Speight Forest, Stafford Forest, Suggs Crossroads, Summerfield, Sunset Estates, Tarboro, Turnage, Webbs, West Edgecombe, West Hills, West Tarboro, West Tarboro, Wiggins Crossroads, Woodgreen, Wrendale

  Post Offices     show all on map

Rocky Mount Post Office, Tarboro Post Office

  Reservoirs     show all on map

Gammons Pond, Hokes Pond, Nobles Millpond, Strickland Pond, Weeks Pond, Wiggins Lake, Winslows Pond

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Baskerville School, Bassett School, Bridger School, Bullock School, Carver Elementary School, Coker-Wimberly School, Edgecombe Technical Institute, Edgecombe Technical Institute, Fountain School, Gorham School, Johnson School, Martin Middle School, North Edgecombe High School, North Tarboro School, Parker Junior High School, Pattillo Elementary School, Phillips School, Pope School, Princeville Elementary School, South Edgecombe Junior High School, Southwest Edgecombe High School, Tarboro Edgecombe Academy, Tarboro High School, Teller High School, West Edgecombe Junior High School, Willow Grove School, Wilson Junior High School

  Streams     show all on map

Beaverdam Branch, Beech Branch, Buck Swamp, Bynum Mill Creek, Bynums Mill Run, Cabin Branch, Cabin Branch, Cheeks Mill Creek, Cokey Swamp, Corn Creek, Cowlick Branch, Crisp Creek, Deep Creek, Deloach Branch, Dickson Branch, Falling Run, Fishing Creek, Fountain Fork Creek, Gay Branch, Harts Mill Run, Hendricks Creek, Holly Creek, Indian Branch, Jerrys Creek, Key Branch, Little Cokey Swamp, Maple Swamp, Marsh Swamp, Moccasin Creek, Moore Swamp, Penders Mill Run, Raccoon Branch, Sasnett Mill Branch, Swift Creek, Town Creek, Walnut Creek, White Oak Swamp, Williamson Branch

  Swamps     show all on map

Hatcher Swamp

  Towers     show all on map

WCPS-AM (Tarboro), WKTC-FM (Tarboro),

Edgecombe County, North Carolina Population By Race (2012 estimate)

RacePopulation
BlackEdgecombe County Black population 32,10432,103  
WhiteEdgecombe County White population 22,51722,517
MixedEdgecombe County Mixed population 557557
American IndianEdgecombe County American Indian population 334334
AsianEdgecombe County Asian population 167167
Hawaiian & Pacific IslanderEdgecombe County Hawaiian & Pacific Islander population 5655

Additional population tables :
State population table
North Carolina population by county