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Goldsboro, North Carolina
Goldsboro, North Carolina

Goldsboro

North Carolina, United States
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Goldsboro, city, seat (1850) of Wayne county, east-central North Carolina, U.S. It is situated near the Neuse River about 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Raleigh. Settled in 1838, it was named for Matthew T. Goldsborough of the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad and developed as a trade and shipping center for farm produce. After the Battle at Bentonville (18 miles [29 km] west of Goldsboro) in March 1865, one of the last major engagements of...

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