Princeville

Princeville is a town in , , United States established by freed slaves after the Civil War. It was established in 1865 and known as Freedom Hill.
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  • Type: Village with 1,670 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, United States of America
  • Also known as: Freedom Hill”, “Princeville, NC”, and “Princeville, North Carolina

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tarboro.

Photo: Indy beetle, CC0.
is a city in going all the way back to British settlement in 1760. A thriving river port just below the fall line of the Piedmont in the years leading up to the Civil War, now its level of activity could probably be better compared to the languid-like flow of the Tar River floating by.

Princeville

Latitude
35.8897° or 35° 53′ 23″ north
Longitude
-77.53047° or 77° 31′ 50″ west
Population
1,670
Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US PZI
Open location code
8774VFQ9+VR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158494212
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4486540
Wiki­data ID
Q2026249
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Volapük—“Princeville” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: برينسفيل
  • Basque: Princeville
  • Catalan: Princeville
  • Cebuano: Princeville
  • Chechen: Принсвилл
  • Chinese: Princeville
  • Chinese: 普林斯維爾 (北卡羅來納州)
  • Chinese: 普林斯維爾
  • Czech: Princeville
  • Dutch: Princeville
  • French: Princeville
  • German: Princeville
  • Gilaki: پرینس‌ویل (کلسيايي کارؤلینا)
  • Gilaki: پرینس‌ویل
  • Haitian: Princeville, Kawolin dinò
  • Hungarian: Princeville
  • Italian: Princeville
  • Japanese: プリンスヴィル
  • Ladin: Princeville
  • Min Nan Chinese: Princeville
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Princeville
  • Norwegian: Princeville
  • Persian: پرینسویل
  • Polish: Princeville
  • Portuguese: Princeville
  • Serbian: Принсвил
  • Serbo-Croatian: Princeville, North Carolina
  • Serbo-Croatian: Princeville
  • Spanish: Princeville
  • Swedish: Princeville, North Carolina
  • Swedish: Princeville
  • Tatar: Принсвилл
  • Ukrainian: Принсвілл
  • Uzbek: Princeville, North Carolina
  • Uzbek: Princeville
  • Uzbek: Принcевилле
  • Volapük: Princeville, North Carolina
  • Volapük: Princeville

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