Nash County, North Carolina

Nash County
	Nash County, North Carolina
	Map
	; Location in the state of North Carolina
	; North Carolina's location in the U.S.
	Statistics
Founded	1777
Seat	Nashville
Largest community	Rocky Mount
Area; - Total; - Land; - Water	; 542.82 sq mi (1,406 km²); 540.44 sq mi (1,400 km²); 2.38 sq mi (6 km²), 0.44
Population; - Density	; ;
Time zone	Eastern: UTC-5/-4
	Website: nashcountync.gov
	Named for: Francis Nash

Nash County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of 2020, 94,970 people lived there.^[1] Its county seat is Nashville.

History

The county was made in 1777 from Edgecombe County. It was named for Brigadier General Francis Nash, who had been wounded that year at the Battle of Germantown.

These counties are connected to Nash County:

These are the cities and towns in Nash County:

Nash County, North Carolina
Map
Location in the state of North Carolina
North Carolina's location in the U.S.
Statistics
Founded	1777
Seat	Nashville
Largest community	Rocky Mount
Area - Total - Land - Water	542.82 sq mi (1,406 km²) 540.44 sq mi (1,400 km²) 2.38 sq mi (6 km²), 0.44
Population - Density
Time zone	Eastern: UTC-5/-4
Website: nashcountync.gov
Named for: Francis Nash