Editing Beaufort County, North Carolina (section)

==Geography==
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According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|962.85|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|832.74|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|130.11|sqmi}} (13.51%) is water.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 23, 2022 |title=2020 County Gazetteer Files – North Carolina |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_counties_37.txt |access-date=September 9, 2023 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> It is the fifth-largest county in North Carolina by total area. The county split in half by the [[Pamlico River]].

===State and local protected areas/sites===
* [[Goose Creek Game Land]] (part)<ref name="NCWRC Game Lands">{{Cite web |title=NCWRC Game Lands |url=https://www.ncpaws.org/ncwrcmaps/gamelands |access-date=March 30, 2023 |website=www.ncpaws.org}}</ref>
* [[Goose Creek State Park]]
* [[Bath Historic District (Bath, North Carolina)|Historic Bath]]
* [[Van Swamp Game Lands]] (part)<ref name="NCWRC Game Lands"/>
* [[Voice of America Game Land]] (part)<ref name="NCWRC Game Lands"/>

===Major water bodies===
* [[Goose Creek State Park|Goose Creek]]
* [[Intracoastal Waterway]]
* [[Pamlico River]]
* [[Pungo River]]
* [[Blounts Creek]]
* [[Tar River]]

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Martin County, North Carolina|Martin County]] – north
* [[Washington County, North Carolina|Washington County]] – northeast
* [[Hyde County, North Carolina|Hyde County]] – east
* [[Pamlico County, North Carolina|Pamlico County]] – south
* [[Craven County, North Carolina|Craven County]] – southwest
* [[Pitt County, North Carolina|Pitt County]] – west

===Major highways===
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* {{Jct|state=NC|US|17}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|US-Bus|17|dab1=Chocowinity–Washington}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|US|264}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|US-Bus|264|dab1=Belhaven}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|32}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|33}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|45}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|92}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|99}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|102}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|171}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|306}}
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===Major infrastructure===
* [[North Carolina Department of Transportation Ferry Division#Routes|Bayview–Aurora Ferry]]
* [[Washington-Warren Field Airport]]