Edenton, North Carolina
| Edenton, North Carolina | |
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Downtown Edenton Waterfront
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 Location of Edenton, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates: 36°3′43″N 76°36′21″W / 36.06194°N 76.60583°WCoordinates: 36°3′43″N 76°36′21″W / 36.06194°N 76.60583°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Chowan |
| Incorporated | 1722 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.6 sq mi (14.4 km2) |
| • Land | 5.4 sq mi (13.9 km2) |
| • Water | 0.2 sq mi (0.5 km2) |
| Elevation | 13 ft (4 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 5,004 |
| • Density | 932/sq mi (359.8/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 27932 |
| Area code(s) | 252 |
| FIPS code | 37-20120 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1025302 |
| Website | www |
Edenton is a town on Albemarle Sound in Chowan County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 5,004 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Chowan County. Edenton is located in North Carolina's Inner Banks region. In recent years Edenton has become a popular retirement location and a destination for heritage tourism.
Edenton was the birthplace of Harriet Ann Jacobs, an enslaved African American who escaped and fled to the North. She became a writer and spoke publicly as an abolitionist. Her memoir, a slave narrative published under a pen name of Linda Brent, was entitled Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861).
In 1658 adventurers from the Jamestown area drifted through the wilderness from Virginia and found a location on the bank 36°02′38″N 76°36′47″W / 36.044°N 76.613°W of a natural harbor, the site of present-day Edenton. Edenton Colony was the first permanent settlement in what is now the state of North Carolina.
Edenton was established in 1712 as "the Towne on Queen Anne's Creek". It was later known as "Ye Towne on Mattercommack Creek" and still later as "the Port of Roanoke". It was renamed "Edenton" and incorporated in 1722 in honor of Governor Charles Eden who had died that year.
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