Duplin County is a county in North Carolina, United States, in the state’s southeastern coastal plain. It had a population of 48,715 at the 2020 census and covers 820 square miles (2,124 km2) centred near 34\u00b056\u2032N 77\u00b056\u2032W.<\/p>\n
Kenansville is the county seat, and its postal code is 28349. The county has 12 incorporated towns, 3 census-designated places and dozens of small unincorporated communities and crossroads. Duplin County is in the Eastern time zone, and its FIPS code is 37061.<\/p>\n
Duplin County’s 12 incorporated towns are all legally chartered as “towns” rather than cities under North Carolina law; Kenansville is the seat. Three unincorporated places—Bowdens, Chinquapin and Potters Hill—are recognized census-designated places (CDPs). The rest of the table lists the county’s many rural crossroads and named communities, most with no formal population count.<\/p>\n
| Place<\/th>\n | Type<\/th>\n | Pop.<\/th>\n | ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenansville<\/td>\n | Town · seat<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 28349<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Wallace<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | 3,413<\/td>\n | 28466<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Warsaw<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | 2,733<\/td>\n | 28398<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Rose Hill<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 28458<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Beulaville<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 28518<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Magnolia<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 28453<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Faison<\/td>\n | Town (part, shared with Sampson County)<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 28341<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Teachey<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 28464<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Calypso<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 28325<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Greenevers<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Harrells<\/td>\n | Town (part, shared with Sampson County)<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Mount Olive<\/td>\n | Town (part, mostly in Wayne County)<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Bowdens<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Chinquapin<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 28521<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Potters Hill<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Albertson<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 28508<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Blizzards Crossroads<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Brices Crossroads<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Cabin<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Carroll<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Cartersville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Catherine Square<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Cedar Fork<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Charity<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Concord<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Cypress Creek<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Deerhaven MH Park<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Drummersville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Duff Creek<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Everton<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Fountaintown<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Friendship<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Gradys Crossroads<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Grayfield MH Park<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Hadley<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Hallsville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Hancheys Store<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Herrings Crossroads<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Hills Crossroads<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Jacksons Crossroads<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Kornegay<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Leon<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Lyman<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Maready<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Murphey<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Outlaws Bridge<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Pasley<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Petersburg Crossing<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Pin Hook<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Pineview MH Park<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Pleasant Grove<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Quinns Store<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Red Hill<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Register<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Resaca<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Safe<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Sarecta<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Scotts Store<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Sholars Crossroads<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Sloan<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Summerlins Crossroads<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Tin City<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Westbrook Crossroads<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n Two towns straddle county lines: Faison and Harrells are shared between Duplin and Sampson counties, and Mount Olive’s town limits lie mostly in Wayne County with only a small edge inside Duplin. Each is listed once here at its historic Duplin-side address.<\/p>\n ZIP Codes<\/h2>\nSmaller communities such as Greenevers, Harrells, Bowdens and Potters Hill use a neighboring town’s ZIP code rather than one of their own.<\/p>\n Geography<\/h2>\nDuplin County lies in North Carolina’s inner coastal plain, a landscape of flat to gently rolling farmland drained by the Northeast Cape Fear River, which crosses the county’s eastern side, and by Goshen Swamp and Limestone Creek. Of its 820 square miles, 814.72 square miles are land and 5.5 square miles are water. Row crops, hog farms and poultry houses cover most of the countryside outside the small town centers.<\/p>\n Duplin County borders Wayne County to the north, Lenoir County to the northeast, Jones and Onslow counties to the east, Pender County to the south, and Sampson County to the west. See the Wayne County<\/a>, Lenoir County<\/a>, Jones County<\/a>, Onslow County<\/a>, Pender County<\/a> and Sampson County<\/a> pages for their own town and village listings.<\/p>\n Duplin County had 48,715 residents at the 2020 census, giving a population density of about 60 people per square mile. Wallace, with 3,413 residents, is the county’s largest community, followed by Warsaw at 2,733. Median household income in Duplin County runs well below the North Carolina median of $70,804, reflecting the county’s heavily agricultural economy and rural population base.<\/p>\n Duplin County is one of the leading hog- and poultry-producing counties in the United States, with contract hog and turkey operations spread across nearly every township. Duplin Winery, based in Rose Hill, is the oldest winery in North Carolina and the largest in the Southeast, and draws visitors for tastings and its annual harvest events. James Sprunt Community College, in Kenansville, is the county’s main higher-education institution and a center for agricultural and workforce training. Interstate 40 brings warehousing and logistics jobs to the Warsaw\u2013Faison corridor.<\/p>\n Duplin County was formed in 1750 from New Hanover County. It was named for Thomas Hay, Viscount Dupplin, later 9th Earl of Kinnoull, who sat on the Board of Trade and Plantations in England in the 1740s. In 1784, the western part of Duplin County was cut off to form Sampson County. Kenansville, the seat, is named for the Kenan family, prominent early landowners. Pepsi-Cola inventor Caleb Bradham and White House Counsel Charles S. Murphy were both born in Duplin County.<\/p>\n Interstate 40 crosses the county through Warsaw, Faison, Calypso and Rose Hill, and U.S. Route 117, NC Highway 11, NC Highway 24 and NC Highway 903 connect the smaller towns. Approximate distances:<\/p>\n The nearest commercial airport is Wilmington International Airport; Raleigh-Durham International Airport offers more nonstop destinations but is a longer drive.<\/p>\n Where is Duplin County, North Carolina?<\/strong> What is the population of Duplin County?<\/strong> How big is Duplin County?<\/strong> What is the county seat of Duplin County?<\/strong> How many towns are in Duplin County?<\/strong> |