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New Bern

county seat of Craven County, North Carolina, United States
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Summary

New Bern is a city in the United States[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,928 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Craven County[3], Province of North Carolina[4]
  • Country: United States[5]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Neuse River[6], Trent River[7]
  • Continent: North America[8]
  • Instance of: county seat[9], city in North Carolina[10]
  • Founder: Christoph von Graffenried, 1st Baron of Bernberg[11]
  • Named after: Canton of Berne[12]
  • Twinned administrative body: Bern[13]
  • Postal code: 28560[14], 28561[15], 28562[16], 28563[17], 28564[18]
  • Part of: New Bern metropolitan area[19]
  • Commons category: New Bern, North Carolina[20]
  • Local dialing code: 252[21]
  • Inception: October 1710[22]
  • Coordinate location: 35.108333333333334, -77.04444444444445[23]
  • Significant event: Battle of New Bern[24]
  • Official website: https://www.newbernnc.gov/[25]
  • Topic's main category: Category:New Bern, North Carolina[26]
  • Population: 23,128[27], 29,524[28], 31,291[29]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[30], The American Cyclopædia[31], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[32], New International Encyclopedia[33], The New Student's Reference Work[34]
  • Capital of: Craven County[35]
  • Official name: City of New Bern[36], New Bern[37]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in New Bern, North Carolina[38]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in New Bern, North Carolina[39]
  • Number of households: 13,666[40]
  • Native label: New Bern[41]

Body

Physical Characteristics

Areas include 77[42] and 76.857991[43]. New Bern sits at an elevation of 3[44].

Climate and Environment

New Bern's Köppen climate classification is recorded as humid subtropical climate[45].

Why It Matters

New Bern has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

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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. [46] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 23d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → new-bern
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: new-bern, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289952248|new bern (#289952248)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n"
  2. 8w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → —
    Territory overlaps → New Bern urban area
    Area → {'amount': '+77'}, {'amount': '+76.857991'}
    Water as percent of area → {'amount': '+4.8707'}
    + 35 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46713|batch #46713]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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