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New Hanover County

county in North Carolina, United States
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Summary

New Hanover County is a county of North Carolina[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of county of north carolina entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (685 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: North Carolina[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Wilmington[5]
  • Shares border with: Pender County[6], Brunswick County[7]
  • Named after: House of Hanover[8]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Wilmington[9]
  • Headquarters location: Wilmington[10]
  • Commons category: New Hanover County, North Carolina[11]
  • Inception: January 1, 1729[12]
  • Coordinate location: 34.18, -77.86[13]
  • Significant event: First Battle of Fort Fisher[14]
  • Official website: https://www.nhcgov.com/[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:New Hanover County, North Carolina[16]
  • Population: 202,667[17], 203,360[18], 206,044[19], 209,165[20], 213,267[21], 220,358[22], 225,702[23]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in New Hanover County, North Carolina[24]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in New Hanover County, North Carolina[25]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in New Hanover County, North Carolina[26]
  • Number of households: 97,998[27]
  • Native label: New Hanover County[28]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C109642[29]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from New Hanover County, North Carolina[30]
  • Area: 849[31]
  • Water as percent of area: 42[32]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[33]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of New Hanover County, North Carolina[34]

Why It Matters

New Hanover County has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Related Entities

Govdirectory North Carolina United States

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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. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/New Hanover County,
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/New Hanover County, North Carolina.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States"
  2. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Wilmington
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → North Carolina, Province of North Carolina
    Coordinates → —
    Taxonomicon id → 1806891
    + 36 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
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