Eden, North Carolina | |
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Nickname: Land of 2 Rivers | |
Motto(s): "Small Town, Big Outdoors" | |
Location of Eden, North Carolina | |
Coordinates: 36°30′10″N 79°44′29″W / 36.50278°N 79.74139°W | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
County | Rockingham |
incorporated | September 12, 1967 |
Government | |
• Type | City Council |
• Mayor | Neville Hall |
• City Manager | Jon Mendenhall |
Area | |
• Total | 14.38 sq mi (37.24 km2) |
• Land | 14.22 sq mi (36.83 km2) |
• Water | 0.16 sq mi (0.41 km2) |
Elevation | 633 ft (193 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 15,421 |
• Rank | 70th in North Carolina |
• Density | 1,084.46/sq mi (418.72/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
ZIP codes | 27288-27289 |
Area code | 336 |
FIPS code | 37-20080[3] |
GNIS feature ID | 2403539[2] |
Website | www |
Eden is a city in Rockingham County in the U.S. state of North Carolina and is part of the Greensboro-High Point Metropolitan Statistical Area of the Piedmont Triad region. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,405.[4] From the late nineteenth century through much of the 20th, the city was a center of textile mills and manufacturing. The city was incorporated in 1967 through the consolidation of three towns: Leaksville, Spray, and Draper.[5][6]