Template:Wp-Princeville, North Carolina

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Princeville is a town in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, United States, and is the oldest town incorporated by African Americans in the United States. It was established by freed slaves after the Civil War and incorporated in 1885. It is part of the Rocky Mount, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 2,082. A 2018 special census recount placed the town's population at 1,939 residents. The town is on the opposite bank of the Tar River from Tarboro. The city of Rocky Mount is to the west.