Goldsboro
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city in Wayne County, North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- County
- Wayne
- Founded incorporated
- 1787 / 1847
- Mayor
- Charles Gaylor
- City
- 28.75 sq mi (74.45 km )
- Land
- 28.59 sq mi (74.05 km )
- Water
- 0.15 sq mi (0.40 km )
- Elevation
- 108 ft (33 m)
- Density
- 1,177.2/sq mi (454.52/km )
- Urban
- 54,456 ( US: 478th )
- Urban density
- 1,024/sq mi (395.5/km )
- Metro
- 117,333 (US: 334th )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Zip codes
- 27530-27534
- Area codes
- 919 , 984
- Fips code
- 37-26880
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Goldsboro
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Wayne County
- Population
- 33657
- Area
- 72.937762
- Elevation
- 33
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Capital of
- Wayne County
- Official website
- www.goldsboronc.gov
- Image
- Goldsboro Union Station 2013-03-30 23-18-50.jpg
- Households
- 14632
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- postal code
- 27534
- Commons category
- Goldsboro, North Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:Goldsboro, North Carolina
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Goldsboro, North Carolina
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Goldsboro, North Carolina
- inception
- 1787-00-00
- P8168
- Nayak
- water as percent of area
- 0.0694
- per capita income
- 23701
Sources (12)
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Encyclopedic overview
West Walnut Street, circa 1915
Goldsboro, originally Goldsborough, is a city in and the county seat of Wayne County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 33,657 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of and is included in the Goldsboro, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. The nearby town of Waynesboro was founded in 1787, and Goldsboro was incorporated in 1847.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Goldsboro” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.