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 * Settled in 1719.
 * Created in 1741 as a county.
 * 515 square miles.
 * 306,756 acres.
 * Population, 37,995—1920 census.


 * Taxable wealth, 1923—


 * Natural Waters —
 * Tar River
 * Fishing Creek
 * Toon Creek
 * Deep Creek
 * Swift Creek


 * Railroads —
 * Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
 * East Carolina Railway


 * Public Roads —
 * 22 miles hard surface (7 now under construction).
 * 34 miles sand and clay State Highway.
 * 100 miles sand and clay and gravel.
 * 831
 * 831


 * One hundred seventy-three concrete and (or) steel bridges.


 * Public Schools —
 * 2 chartered schools.
 * 8 consolidated schools.
 * 65 Total schools.
 * 65 Total schools.


 * Churches and S. S.
 * Episcopal
 * Presbyterian
 * Baptist
 * Methodist
 * Old Side Baptist
 * Roman Catholic
 * Christian
 * Lutheran


 * Incorporated Towns
 * Tarboro
 * Rocky Mount (half in Edgecombe)
 * Whitakers (half in Edgecombe)
 * Battleboro (half in Edgecombe)
 * Sharpsburg (half in Edgecombe)
 * Macclesfield
 * Pinetops
 * Conetoe
 * Speed


 * Commissioners
 * J. V. Cobb, Chairman
 * H. G. Brown
 * D. B. Gaskill
 * W. H. Home
 * E. Y. Lovelace
 * Board of Education
 * M. G. Mann, Chairman
 * Dr. R. H. Speight
 * H. L. Brake
 * Road Commission
 * B. F. Shelton, Chairman
 * H. P. Foxhall
 * J. A. Forbes
 * T. A. Wiggins
 * Arthur Fountain

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