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Columbus County
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county in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Named after
- Christopher Columbus
- Seat
- Whiteville
- Largest community
- Whiteville
- Total
- 955.00 sq mi (2,473.4 km )
- Land
- 938.12 sq mi (2,429.7 km )
- Water
- 16.88 sq mi (43.7 km ) 1.77%
- Estimate 2025
- 50,487
- Density
- 53.96/sq mi (20.83/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 7th
- Website
- www .columbusco .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Christopher Columbus
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- North Carolina
- Contains
- Sandyfield
- Capital
- Whiteville
- Population
- 50623
- Area
- 2470
- Shares border with
- Dillon County
- Official website
- www.columbusco.org
- Image
- Columbus County, NC Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 21545
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- water as percent of area
- 1.7
- native label
- Columbus County
- Commons category
- Columbus County, North Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:Columbus County, North Carolina
- inception
- 1808-00-00
- different from
- Columbus
- per capita income
- 22426
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Encyclopedic overview
Columbus County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Its county seat is Whiteville. At the 2020 census, the population was 50,623.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Columbus County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.