Back إدنتون Arabic ادينتون ARZ ادنتون، قوزئی کارولینا AZB Edenton Catalan Идентон (Къилбаседа Каролина) CE Edenton CEB Edenton DAG Edenton (Carolina del Norte) Spanish Edenton (Ipar Carolina) Basque ادنتون، کارولینای شمالی Persian
Edenton, North Carolina | |
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 Downtown Edenton Waterfront | |
 Flag  Seal | |
 Location of Edenton, North Carolina | |
| Coordinates: 36°03′29″N 76°36′03″W / 36.05806°N 76.60083°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Chowan |
| Incorporated | 1722 |
| Named for | Charles Eden |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | W. Hackney High Jr[1] |
| • Town Manager | Corey Gooden[2] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.57 sq mi (14.43 km2) |
| • Land | 5.38 sq mi (13.92 km2) |
| • Water | 0.20 sq mi (0.51 km2) |
| Elevation | 13 ft (4 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 4,460 |
| • Density | 829.77/sq mi (320.40/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 27932 |
| Area code | 252 |
| FIPS code | 37-20120[5] |
| GNIS feature ID | 2406422[4] |
| Website | www |
Edenton is a town in, and the county seat of, Chowan County, North Carolina, United States,[6] on Albemarle Sound. The population was 4,397 at the 2020 census.[7] 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 served as the second official capital of North Carolina, during the colonial era as the Province of North Carolina, though other than housing the governor's official residence, it did not otherwise house any other governmental functions. It served as capital from 1722 to 1743, when it was moved to Brunswick. The town was the site of the Edenton Tea Party, a protest organized by several Edenton women in 1774 in solidarity with the organizers of the Boston Tea Party. It was the birthplace of Harriet Jacobs, an enslaved African American whose 1861 autobiography, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, is now considered an American classic. Edenton gained notoriety for a famous wrongful conviction during the Satanic panic era of the late twentieth century. Today, Edenton's local economy is primarily driven by tourism, and as a popular retirement location.
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- ^ "Town Manager".
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on January 19, 2022. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Edenton, North Carolina
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on December 27, 1996. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 11, 2022. Retrieved July 9, 2022.