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Place Name
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Edgecombe County
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Pronunciation
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EJ-kuhm
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Tarboro
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Population
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56,558 (1990)
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Location
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North Carolina, United States, North America
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Latitude
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35°54'N
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Longitude
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77°35'W
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Edgecombe
(EJ-kuhm), co. (
506 sq mi/1,311 sq km; 1990 pop.
56,558), E central N.C.;  Tarboro; 35°54'N 77°35'W. On
coastal plain; drained by Tar R. and Fishing Creek (forms part of N
boundary). Timber (pine, gum), partly swampy; agr. (tobacco, peanuts,
cotton, corn, wheat, oats, barley, sorghum, hay, soybeans, sweet
potatoes; chickens, cattle, hogs). Tobacco markets, industries at Rocky
Mount and Tarboro. Formed 1735.
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