by John Wynne | Jul 3, 2013 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Political Geography
Craven County is located in North Carolina’s coastal plain region. The county seat is New Bern, one of the oldest towns in North Carolina. As of 2010, the county population was 103,505. The county seat, New Bern, has played a significant role throughout North...
by John Wynne | Jul 2, 2013 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Political Geography
Mitchell County is located in the mountains on the Tennessee border. The county seat is Bakersville. Mitchell County is lightly populated and isolated. It is known as the Mineral City of the World. Named for Elisha Mitchell (1818 – 1857), a professor at the...
by John Wynne | Jun 25, 2013 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Political Geography
Chowan County is one of the “finger counties” located north of the Albemarle Sound. The county seat is Edenton. In 2010, the population was 14,793, making it one of the smaller counties in North Carolina. It is also the smallest county in the state in...
by John Wynne | Jun 13, 2013 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Political Geography
Warren County is a small, rural county located in the northeast Piedmont region of North Carolina. It is majority black and also has a large Native American population. The county seat is Warrenton. While very wealthy during the antebellum era, Warren County’s...
by John Wynne | Jun 11, 2013 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Political Geography
Brunswick County is located in coastal North Carolina, along the South Carolina border. It is adjacent to New Hanover County and the Wilmington area. The county seat is Bolivia. As of 2010, its population was 107,431 – a 46.9% increase over its 2000 population....
by John Wynne | Jun 9, 2013 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Political Geography
Vance County is located in the eastern Piedmont region of North Carolina, it is bordered by Franklin County to the south, Warren County to the east, Granville County to the west, and the state of Virginia to the north. The county seat is Henderson. The county was...
