Fayetteville

city in and seat of Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States
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Summary

Fayetteville is a big city[1]. Fayetteville draws 4,855 Wikipedia views per month (big city category, ranking #194 of 300).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Cumberland County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Head of government: Mitch Colvin[5]
  • Instance of: county seat[6], city in North Carolina[7]
  • Named after: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette[8]
  • Twinned administrative body: Saint-Avold[9]
  • Postal code: 28301[10], 28302[11], 28303[12], 28304[13], 28305[14], 28306[15], 28309[16], 28311[17], 28312[18], 28314[19]
  • Part of: North Carolina Coastal Plain[20]
  • Commons category: Fayetteville, North Carolina[21]
  • Local dialing code: 910[22]
  • Inception: 1762[23]
  • Coordinate location: 35.066666666667, -78.9175[24]
  • Official website: http://www.ci.fayetteville.nc.us[25]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Fayetteville, North Carolina[26]
  • Population: 204,408[27], 1536[28], 200,564[29], 208,501[30]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina[31]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[32]
  • Capital of: Cumberland County[33]
  • Official name: Fayetteville[34]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Fayetteville, North Carolina[35]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Fayetteville, North Carolina[36]
  • Number of households: 82,242[37]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Fayetteville, North Carolina[38]
  • Elevation above sea level: 80[39]
  • Area: 387.425611[40], 382.563851[41]

Why It Matters

Fayetteville has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] Fayetteville is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Animalparty · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → big city, county seat, city in North Carolina
    Located in time zone → —
    Wikitree category or space → Category:Fayetteville, North Carolina
    Domain name → fay.nc.us
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Wikitree category or space: Category:Fayetteville, North Carolina"
  2. 19w ago · Mxn · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in → —
    Area → {'amount': '+387.425611'}, {'amount': '+382.563851'}
    Capital of → Cumberland County
    Elevation above sea level → {'amount': '+80'}
    + 39 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Instance of: city in North Carolina"
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