Pitt County, North Carolina

{{Short description|County in North Carolina, United States}} {{Use American English|date=June 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox U.S. county | county = Pitt County | state = North Carolina | seal = Pitt County Seal.jpg | founded = 1760 | named for = William Pitt the Elder | seat wl = Greenville | largest city wl = Greenville | city type = community | area_total_sq_mi = 655.55 | area_land_sq_mi = 652.37 | area_water_sq_mi = 3.18 | area percentage = 0.49 | population_as_of = 2020 | population_total = 170243 | pop_est_as_of = 2025 | population_est = 182936 {{increase}} | population_density_sq_mi = 260.96 | coordinates = {{coord|35.59|-77.37|type:adm2nd_region:US-NC_source:USCensusBureau2020gazetteerfiles|display=inline,title}} | web = www.pittcountync.gov | district = 3rd | time zone = Eastern | ex image = Pitt County Courthouse.JPG | ex image cap = Pitt County Courthouse in Greenville | flag = Pitt County Flag.gif | logo = Pitt County Logo.png }}

'''Pitt County''' is a county located in the Inner Banks region of the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 170,243,<ref name="2020CensusQuickFacts"/> making it the 14th-most populous county in North Carolina. Its county seat is Greenville.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }}</ref>

Pitt County comprises the Greenville, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is a component of the wider Greenville–Washington, NC CSA.

==History== The county was formed in 1760 from Beaufort County, though the legislative act that created it did not become effective until January 1, 1761. It was named for William Pitt the Elder, who was then Secretary of State for the Southern Department and Leader of the House of Commons. William Pitt was an English statesman and orator, born in London, England. He studied at Oxford University and in 1731 joined the army. Pitt led the young "Patriot" Whigs and in 1756 became secretary of state, where he was a pro-freedom speaker in British Colonial government. He served as Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1766–68.

The county saw a substantial population influx between the 1980 and 2010 censuses with a double-digit percentage increase seen in all four census counts.<ref name="USCensus1900–1990"/><ref name="USCensus1990–2000"/><ref name="QF"/>

==Geography== {{maplink|frame=yes|zoom=8|id=Q506220|type=shape-inverse|text=Interactive map of Pitt County}} According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the total area of Pitt County is {{convert|655.55|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|652.37|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|3.18|sqmi}} (0.49%) is water.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 23, 2022 |title=2020 County Gazetteer Files – North Carolina |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_counties_37.txt |access-date=September 9, 2023 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>

===State and local protected sites=== * North Carolina Museum of Natural Science Contentnea Creek * North Carolina Museum of Natural Science Greenville

===Major water bodies=== * Contentnea Creek * Creeping Swamp * Fork Creek * Middle River * Neuse River * Tar River * Tranters Creek

===Adjacent counties=== * Martin County – northeast * Beaufort County – east * Craven County – south-southeast * Lenoir County – south-southwest * Greene County – southwest * Wilson County – west * Edgecombe County – northwest

===Major highways=== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} * {{Jct|state=NC|I|587}} * {{Jct|state=NC|US|13}} * {{Jct|state=NC|US-Alt|64|dab1=Princeville–Williamston}} * {{Jct|state=NC|US|258}} * {{Jct|state=NC|US|264}} * {{Jct|state=NC|US-Alt|264}} * {{Jct|state=NC|NC|11}} * {{Jct|state=NC|NC-Bus|11|dab1=Bethel}} * {{Jct|state=NC|NC-Byp|11}} * {{Jct|state=NC|NC|30}} * {{Jct|state=NC|NC|33}} * {{Jct|state=NC|NC|43}} * {{Jct|state=NC|NC|102}} * {{Jct|state=NC|NC|118}} * {{Jct|state=NC|NC|121}} * {{Jct|state=NC|NC|222}} * {{Jct|state=NC|NC|903}} {{div col end}}

===Major infrastructure=== * G.K. Butterfield Transportation Center * Pitt-Greenville Airport

==Demographics== {{US Census population | 1790 = 8270 | 1800 = 9084 | 1810 = 9169 | 1820 = 10001 | 1830 = 12093 | 1840 = 11806 | 1850 = 13397 | 1860 = 16080 | 1870 = 17276 | 1880 = 21794 | 1890 = 25519 | 1900 = 30889 | 1910 = 36340 | 1920 = 45569 | 1930 = 54466 | 1940 = 61244 | 1950 = 63789 | 1960 = 69942 | 1970 = 73900 | 1980 = 90146 | 1990 = 107924 | 2000 = 133798 | 2010 = 168148 | 2020 = 170243 | estyear = 2025 | estimate = 182936 | estref = <ref name="USCensusEst2025">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-total.html|title=County Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2025|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 6, 2026}}</ref> {{increase}} | align-fn = center | footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 18, 2015}}</ref> 1790–1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=January 18, 2015}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref name="USCensus1900–1990">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/nc190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|editor-last=Forstall|editor-first=Richard L.|date=March 27, 1995|access-date=January 18, 2015}}</ref> 1990–2000<ref name="USCensus1990–2000">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|date=April 2, 2001|access-date=January 18, 2015}}</ref> 2010<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/37/37147.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=October 29, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110705043654/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/37/37147.html|archive-date=July 5, 2011}}</ref> 2020<ref name="2020CensusQuickFacts">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/pittcountynorthcarolina|title=QuickFacts: Pitt County, North Carolina|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 22, 2024}}</ref> | align = right }} thumb|2020 population density of Pitt County NC by census block<ref>{{Cite web |title=2025 TIGER/Line® Shapefiles |url=https://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/geo/shapefiles/index.php?year=2025&layergroup=Blocks+(2020) |access-date=2026-04-14 |website=www.census.gov}}</ref>

===Racial and ethnic composition=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |+'''Pitt County, North Carolina – Racial and ethnic composition''' {{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}} !Race / Ethnicity (''NH = Non-Hispanic'') !Pop 1980<ref name=1980Census>{{Cite web|title=1980 Census of Population - General Social and Economic Characteristics - North Carolina - Table 15 - Persons by Race: 1980 and Table 16 - Persons by Spanish Origin, Race, and Sex: 1980 |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_ncABC-02.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau|page=14-25|via= WayBack Machine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250228195108/https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_ncABC-02.pdf| archive-date=February 28, 2025}}</ref> !Pop 1990<ref>{{Cite web |title=1990 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - North Carolina: Table 3 - Race and Hispanic Origin |website=United States Census Bureau|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cp-1/cp-1-35.pdf|access-date=|page=15-64|via= WayBack Machine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250320045449/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cp-1/cp-1-35.pdf| archive-date=March 20, 2025}}</ref> !Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Pitt County, North Carolina|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=050XX00US37147&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=United States Census Bureau |access-date= }}</ref> !Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Pitt County, North Carolina|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US37147&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=United States Census Bureau |access-date= }}</ref> !style="background-color: #ffffb3;" | Pop 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Pitt County, North Carolina|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US37147&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=United States Census Bureau |access-date= }}</ref> !% 1980 !% 1990 !% 2000 !% 2010 !style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020 |- |White alone (NH) |58,270 |70,217 |81,613 |96,038 |style='background: #ffffe6; |86,837 |64.64% |65.06% |61.00% |57.12% |style='background: #ffffe6; |51.01% |- |Black or African American alone (NH) |30,502 |35,813 |44,819 |56,813 |style='background: #ffffe6; |59,813 |33.84% |33.18% |33.50% |33.79% |style='background: #ffffe6; |35.13% |- |Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) |90 |201 |330 |474 |style='background: #ffffe6; |494 |0.10% |0.19% |0.25% |0.28% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.29% |- |Asian alone (NH) |314 |692 |1,429 |2,561 |style='background: #ffffe6; |3,056 |0.35% |0.64% |1.07% |1.52% |style='background: #ffffe6; |1.80% |- |Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) |x <ref>included in the Asian category in the 1980 Census</ref> |x <ref>included in the Asian category in the 1990 Census</ref> |46 |71 |style='background: #ffffe6; |94 |x |x |0.03% |0.04% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.06% |- |Other race alone (NH) |119 |24 |179 |290 |style='background: #ffffe6; |752 |0.13% |0.02% |0.13% |0.17% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.44% |- |Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) |x <ref>not an option in the 1980 Census</ref> |x <ref>not an option in the 1990 Census</ref> |1,166 |2,699 |style='background: #ffffe6; |6,229 |x |x |0.87% |1.61% |style='background: #ffffe6; |3.66% |- |Hispanic or Latino (any race) |851 |977 |4,216 |9,202 |style='background: #ffffe6; |12,968 |0.94% |0.91% |3.15% |5.47% |style='background: #ffffe6; |7.62% |- |'''Total''' |'''90,146''' |'''107,924''' |'''133,798''' |'''168,148''' |style='background: #ffffe6; |'''170,243 ''' |'''100.00%''' |'''100.00%''' |'''100.00%''' |'''100.00%''' |style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%''' |}

===2020 census===

As of the 2020 census, there were 170,243 people, 70,016 households, and 41,427 families residing in the county. The median age was 35.0 years; 22.3% of residents were under the age of 18 and 14.5% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 88.7 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 84.6 males age 18 and over.<ref name="Census2020DP">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Demographic Profile (DP1)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/dp?get=NAME,DP1_0021P,DP1_0024P,DP1_0025C,DP1_0049C,DP1_0045C,DP1_0069C,DP1_0073C,DP1_0125P,DP1_0126P,DP1_0129P,DP1_0133P,DP1_0137P,DP1_0138P,DP1_0139P,DP1_0141P,DP1_0142P,DP1_0143P,DP1_0145P,DP1_0146P,DP1_0147C,DP1_0148C,DP1_0149C,DP1_0156C,DP1_0157C,DP1_0158C,DP1_0159P,DP1_0160P&for=county%3A147&in=state%3A37|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=December 26, 2025|df=mdy}}</ref>

The racial makeup of the county was 52.2% White, 35.5% Black or African American, 0.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.8% Asian, 0.1% Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, 4.6% from some other race, and 5.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 7.6% of the population.<ref name="Census2020PL">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=NAME,P1_001N,P1_003N,P1_004N,P1_005N,P1_006N,P1_007N,P1_008N,P1_009N,P2_001N,P2_002N,H1_001N,H1_002N&for=county%3A147&in=state%3A37|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=December 26, 2025|df=mdy}}</ref>

73.1% of residents lived in urban areas, while 26.9% lived in rural areas.<ref name="Census2020DHC">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics (DHC)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/dhc?get=NAME,P2_002N,P2_003N&for=county%3A147&in=state%3A37|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2023|access-date=December 26, 2025|df=mdy}}</ref>

There were 70,016 households in the county, of which 29.9% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 38.3% were married-couple households, 19.5% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 35.4% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 31.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.<ref name="Census2020DP"/>

There were 80,515 housing units, of which 13.0% were vacant. Among occupied housing units, 53.6% were owner-occupied and 46.4% were renter-occupied. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.4% and the rental vacancy rate was 7.7%.<ref name="Census2020DP"/>

===2010 census=== As of the census of 2010, there were 168,148 people residing in Pitt County, a 25.7% increase since 2000. Females made up 52.8% of the population. Caucasians make up 58.9% of the population, followed by African-Americans at 34.1%, Asian persons at 1.6%, American Indian or Alaskan at 0.3%, Hispanic at 5.5%, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander at 0.1%.

===2005–2009 American Community Survey=== From the period of 2005 to 2009, the number of foreign-born people living in the county was at 4%.

The high school graduation rate in the county among citizens over the age of twenty-five from 2005 to 2009 was steady at 85%, while the percentage of those aged twenty-five and up with a bachelor's degree in the county was only 28.7% in the county during the same period of time.

In 2009, the median household income in Pitt County was $36,339, over $7,000 less than the North Carolina number and about 25.5% of Pitt County residents were at or below the poverty level. The per capita money income, in terms of 2009 dollars, in the past twelve months from 2005 to 2009 in Pitt County was $21,622, about $3,000 less than the North Carolina average.

===2000 census=== At the 2000 census,<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> there were 133,798 people, 52,539 households, and 32,258 families residing in the county. The population density was {{convert|205|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people |people}}. There were 58,408 housing units at an average density of {{convert|90|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units |units|}}. The racial makeup of the county was 62.08% White, 33.65% Black or African American, 0.27% Native American, 1.08% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 1.80% from other races, and 1.09% from two or more races. 3.15% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 52,539 households, out of which 29.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.40% were married couples living together, 14.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.60% were non-families. 28.30% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 3.02.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 23.60% under the age of 18, 17.50% from 18 to 24, 29.90% from 25 to 44, 19.40% from 45 to 64, and 9.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 90.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.40 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $32,868, and the median income for a family was $43,971. Males had a median income of $31,962 versus $25,290 for females. The per capita income for the county was $18,243. About 13.50% of families and 20.30% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.60% of those under age 18 and 20.20% of those age 65 or over.

==Government and politics== In the early twentieth century Pitt was a typical Democratic "Solid South" county, where there were large numbers of disenfranchised blacks and the small white electorate voted overwhelming majorities for the Democratic Party. Pitt voted for the Democratic Party in every election from at least 1876 until American Independent candidate George Wallace gained a plurality in 1968. Apart from Richard Nixon's overwhelming victory over George McGovern in 1972, Pitt has since been a closely contested swing county, with no major party candidate post-McGovern falling under forty percent. After 1976, when Jimmy Carter carried it, and aside from a victory in 1992 by Bill Clinton, Pitt County tended to vote for Republicans until 2008. Since 2008 it has voted for the Democratic Party.

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Pitt County is a member of the Mid-East Commission regional council of governments.

Pitt County is represented by Kandie Smith in the 5th district of the North Carolina Senate, as well as Gloristine Brown in the 8th district and Timothy Reeder in the 9th district of the North Carolina House of Representatives.<ref name="NCGA Representation">{{Cite web |date= |title=Pitt County Representation |url=https://www.ncleg.gov/Members/CountyRepresentation/Pitt |access-date=April 25, 2024 |website=North Carolina General Assembly}}</ref>

==Education== ===Public=== Public schools in Pitt County are managed by Pitt County Schools.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pitt County Schools|url=https://www.pitt.k12.nc.us/|access-date=December 12, 2016}}</ref> The district includes the entire county.<ref>{{cite map|author=Geography Division|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st37_nc/schooldistrict_maps/c37147_pitt/DC20SD_C37147.pdf|title=2020 Census - School District Reference Map: Pitt County, NC|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|place=Suitland, Maryland|date=January 8, 2021|access-date=2026-03-28}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st37_nc/schooldistrict_maps/c37147_pitt/DC20SD_C37147_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

====Elementary schools==== *Ayden Elementary School *Belvoir Elementary School *Creekside Elementary School *Eastern Elementary School *Elmhurst Elementary School *Falkland Elementary School *H. B. Sugg School (K–2) *Lake Forest Elementary School *Northwest Elementary School *Ridgewood Elementary School *Sam D. Bundy School (3–5) *South Greenville Elementary School *W. H. Robinson Elementary School *Wahl-Coates Elementary School *Wintergreen Intermediate School (3–5) *Wintergreen Primary School (K–2)

====K–8 schools==== *Bethel School *Chicod School *G. R. Whitfield School *Grifton School *Pactolus School *Stokes School

====Middle schools==== *A. G. Cox Middle School *Ayden Middle School *C. M. Eppes Middle School *E. B. Aycock Middle School *Farmville Middle School *Hope Middle School *Wellcome Middle School

====High schools==== *Ayden-Grifton High School *D. H. Conley High School *Farmville Central High School *J. H. Rose High School *North Pitt High School *South Central High School

====Alternative schools==== * Pitt County Schools Early College High School

===Private=== Private schools in Pitt County include:<ref>{{cite web|title=Private Schools|url=https://www.greenvillenc.org/Private-Schools.113.0.html|website=Greenville-Pitt Chamber of Commerce|access-date=December 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220101202/https://www.greenvillenc.org/Private-Schools.113.0.html|archive-date=December 20, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Brookhaven SDA School * Calvary Christian Academy * Children's Montessori School * Christ Covenant School * Community Christian Academy * Faith Christian Academy * Greenville Christian Academy * Greenville Montessori School * John Paul II Catholic HS * The Oakwood School * Roseleaf Academy * Saint Peter Catholic School * Trinity Christian School

===Post-secondary schools=== * East Carolina University * Pitt Community College * Miller-Motte Technical College

==Communities== thumb|275px|Map of Pitt County with municipal and township labels

===Cities=== * Greenville (county seat and largest community)

===Towns=== * Ayden * Bethel * Falkland * Farmville * Fountain * Grifton (also in Lenoir County) * Grimesland * Simpson * Winterville

===Census-designated places=== * Bell Arthur * Belvoir * Stokes

===Unincorporated communities=== * Bell's Fork * Black Jack * Chicod * House * Pactolus * Oakley

===Townships=== {{div col|colwidth=18em}} * Arthur * Ayden * Belvoir * Bethel * Black Jack * Carolina * Chicod * Falkland * Farmville * Fountain * Greenville * Grifton * Grimesland * Pactolus * Simpson * Swift Creek * Winterville {{div col end}}

==See also== * List of counties in North Carolina * National Register of Historic Places listings in Pitt County, North Carolina * Norfolk Southern Railway, Historic railway that had a route from Greenville to Raleigh, Wake County

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Further reading== * {{citation |title=Branson's North Carolina Business Directory...1867-68 |publisher=Branson & Jones |location=Raleigh, NC |chapter-url= https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101065143529&seq=144&view=2up |page= 91 |chapter= Pitt County |via= hathitrust.org }} * {{citation |title=Branson's North Carolina Business Directory, 1896 |publisher=Levi Branson |location=Raleigh, NC |chapter-url= https://archive.org/details/bransonsnorthcar1896bran/page/496/mode/2up |page= 496 |chapter= Pitt County |via= archive.org }} * {{citation |chapter-url= https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nc01.ark:/13960/t2r49km5g&seq=434&view=2up |chapter= Pitt County |title=North Carolina Year Book and Business Directory, 1916 |publisher=News and Observer Publishing Company |location= Raleigh, N.C. |via= hathitrust.org }} * Kahrl, Andrew W., "The 'Negro Park' Question: Land, Labor, and Leisure in Pitt County, North Carolina, 1920–1930," ''Journal of Southern History'' (Feb. 2013) 79#1 pp 113–42.

==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{osmrelation|2528734}} * {{official website|http://www.pittcountync.gov}} * [https://www.growpittcountync.com/ Pitt County Economic Development website] * [http://www.ncgenweb.us/pitt/ NCGenWeb Pitt County], genealogy resources for the county

{{Geographic Location |Centre = Pitt County, North Carolina |North = |Northeast = Martin County |East = Beaufort County |Southeast = Craven County |South = Lenoir County |Southwest = Greene County |West = Wilson County |Northwest = Edgecombe County }} {{Pitt County, North Carolina}} {{North Carolina}} {{Authority control}}

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