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Northampton County
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county in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Named after
- James Compton, 5th Earl of Northampton
- Seat
- Jackson
- Largest community
- Gaston
- Total
- 550.56 sq mi (1,425.9 km )
- Land
- 536.70 sq mi (1,390.0 km )
- Water
- 13.86 sq mi (35.9 km ) 2.52%
- Estimate 2025
- 16,491
- Density
- 32.553/sq mi (12.569/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .northamptonnc .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Province of North Carolina
- Contains
- Jackson
- Capital
- Jackson
- Population
- 17471
- Area
- 1426
- Shares border with
- Brunswick County
- Official website
- www.northamptonnc.com
- Image
- Church of the Saviour.jpg
- Households
- 8424
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- water as percent of area
- 2.5
- Commons category
- Northampton County, North Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:Northampton County, North Carolina
- inception
- 1741-01-01
- native label
- Northampton County
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Northampton County, North Carolina
- different from
- Northampton County
- per capita income
- 23946
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Northampton County (/nɔːrˈθæmptən/ nor-THAMP-tən) is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,471. Its county seat is Jackson. Northampton County is part of the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Rocky Mount-Wilson-Roanoke Rapids, NC Combined Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Northampton County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.