Editing Bladen County, North Carolina (section)

==Geography==
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According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|887.78|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|874.03|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|12.75|sqmi}} (1.44%) 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 fourth-largest county in North Carolina by land area.<ref name= mildenberg>{{cite news| last = Mildenberg| first = David| title = Bladen County’s crafty approach to economic development| newspaper = Business North Carolina| date = April 20, 2021| url = https://businessnc.com/bladen-countys-crafty-approach-to-economic-development/| access-date = November 17, 2022}}</ref>

=== State and local protected areas ===
* [[List of North Carolina state parks#State Natural Areas|Bakers Lake State Natural Area]]
* [[List of North Carolina state parks#State Natural Areas|Bay Tree Lake State Natural Area]]
* [[Bladen Lakes State Forest]]
* [[Bladen Lakes State Forest Game Land]]<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>
* [[Jones Lake State Park]]
* [[Singletary Lake State Park]]
* [[Suggs Mill Pond Game Land]] (part)<ref name="NCWRC Game Lands"/>
* [[Turnbull Creek Educational State Forest]]
* [[White Lake, North Carolina|White State Lake]]
* [[Whitehall Plantation Game Land]] (part)<ref name="NCWRC Game Lands"/>

===Major water bodies===
{{See also|Category:Rivers of Bladen County, North Carolina}}
* [[List of North Carolina state parks#State Natural Areas|Bay Tree Lake]]
* [[Slades Swamp]]
* [[Black River (North Carolina)|Black River]], home of the [[List of oldest trees|oldest]] documented ''[[Taxodium distichum]]'' (bald cypress) at {{Age nts|-625|3|4}} years old<ref name="Stahleetal2019">{{Cite journal |last1=Stahle |first1=D. W. |last2=Edmondson |first2=J. R. |last3=Howard |first3=I. M. |last4=Robbins |first4=C. R. |last5=Griffin |first5=R. D. |last6=Carl |first6=A. |last7=Hall |first7=C. B. |last8=Stahle |first8=D. K. |last9=Torbenson |first9=M. C. A. |date=May 16, 2019 |title=Longevity, climate sensitivity, and conservation status of wetland trees at Black River, North Carolina |journal=Environmental Research Communications |volume=1 |issue=4 |pages=041002 |bibcode=2019ERCom...1d1002S |doi=10.1088/2515-7620/ab0c4a |doi-access=free}}</ref>
* [[Cape Fear River]]
* [[Jones Lake State Park|Jones Lake]]
* [[Little Singletary Lake]]
* [[Jones Lake State Park|Salters Lake]]
* [[Singletary Lake]]
* [[South River (North Carolina)|South River]]
* [[Waccamaw River]]
* [[White Lake, North Carolina|White Lake]]

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Cumberland County, North Carolina|Cumberland County]] – north
* [[Sampson County, North Carolina|Sampson County]] – northeast
* [[Pender County, North Carolina|Pender County]] – east
* [[Columbus County, North Carolina|Columbus County]] – south
* [[Robeson County, North Carolina|Robeson County]] – west

===Major highways===
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* {{Jct|state=NC|US|701}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|US-Bus|701|dab1=Clarkton}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|11}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|20}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|41}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|53}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|87}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC-Bus|87|dab1=Elizabethtown}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|131}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|210}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|211}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC-Bus|211|dab1=Bladenboro}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|242}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|410}}
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===Major infrastructure===
* [[Curtis L. Brown Jr. Field]]
* [[Elwell Ferry]], river ferry across the Cape Fear River