Editing Zebulon, North Carolina (section)

==History==
[[File:Carolina Mudcats at Five County Stadium.jpg|thumb|left|Five County Stadium in Zebulon]]
In 1906, the Raleigh and [[Pamlico Sound]] Railroad Company decided to bring the railroad through the Whitley and Horton family farms in eastern Wake County. Edgar B. Barbee and Falconer B. Arendell organized the Zebulon Company for development that same year. The company received its charter on February 15, 1906. Shortly thereafter, they began to divide up their {{convert|49|acre}} into lots, blocks, streets and avenues. On February 16, 1907, the town was officially recognized as Zebulon, North Carolina. The town was named after [[Zebulon Baird Vance]], the [[Governor of North Carolina]] during the [[American Civil War]]. The first election was held in May 1907, and the first elected mayor was Thomas J. Horton.

In 1997 Zebulon annexed the neighboring community of Wakefield, increasing the total area inside the corporate limits to {{convert|2115|acre|km2}} and the population to 3,908. The population had grown to 6,903 by 2020.<ref name="Census 2020"/>

There are three properties in Zebulon listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]: [[Wakelon School]], [[Bennett Bunn Plantation]], and the [[George and Neva Barbee House]].