Editing Nash County, North Carolina (section)

==Geography==
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Nash County rests in the northeastern part of North Carolina<ref name= history/> along the dividing line between the Piedmont and Coastal Plain regions.{{sfn|Fleming|1998|p=7}} According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|542.82|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|540.44|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|2.38|sqmi}} (0.44%) is covered by 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> Elevation in the county gradually rises from the east to the west.{{sfn|Fleming|1998|p=5}}

===State and local protected areas===
* [[Flower Hill Nature Preserve]] (part)
* [[Sandy 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>
* [[Shocco Creek Game Land]] (part)<ref name="NCWRC Game Lands"/>

===Major water bodies===
* [[Fishing Creek (North Carolina)|Fishing Creek]]{{sfn|Fleming|1998|p=7}}
* [[Moccasin Creek (North Carolina)|Moccasin Creek]]{{sfn|Fleming|1998|p=7}}
* [[Pig Basket Creek (North Carolina)|Pig Basket Creek]]
* [[Sapony Creek (North Carolina)|Sapony Creek]]{{sfn|Fleming|1998|p=7}}
* [[Stoney Creek (North Carolina)|Stoney Creek]]{{sfn|Fleming|1998|p=7}}
* [[Swift Creek (North Carolina)|Swift Creek]]{{sfn|Fleming|1998|p=7}}
* [[Tar River]]{{sfn|Fleming|1998|p=7}}
* [[Tar River|Tar River Reservoir]]
* [[Toisnot Swamp (North Carolina)|Toisnot Swamp]]
* [[Turkey Creek (North Carolina)|Turkey Creek]]

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Franklin County, North Carolina|Franklin County]]{{sfn|Powell|1976|p=345}}
* [[Johnston County, North Carolina|Johnston County]]{{sfn|Powell|1976|p=345}}
* [[Wilson County, North Carolina|Wilson County]]{{sfn|Powell|1976|p=345}}
* [[Edgecombe County, North Carolina|Edgecombe County]]{{sfn|Powell|1976|p=345}}
* [[Halifax County, North Carolina|Halifax County]]{{sfn|Powell|1976|p=345}}

===Major highways===
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* {{Jct|state=NC|I-Future|87}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|I|95}}<ref name= Barkin1/>
* {{Jct|state=NC|I-Future|587}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|US|64}}<ref name= Barkin1/>
* {{Jct|state=NC|US-Alt|64|dab1=Spring Hope}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|US-Bus|64|dab1=Nashville}} (Nashville)
* {{Jct|state=NC|US-Bus|64|dab1=Rocky Mount}} (Rocky Mount)
* {{Jct|state=NC|US|264}}<ref name= Barkin1/>
* {{Jct|state=NC|US-Alt|264|dab1=Middlesex–Greenville}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|US|301}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|US-Bus|301|dab1=Rocky Mount}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|4}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|33}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|43}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC-Bus|43|dab1=Rocky Mount}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|48}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|56}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|58}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|97}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|98}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|231}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|561}}
* {{Jct|state=NC|NC|581}}
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===Major infrastructure===
* [[Rocky Mount-Wilson Regional Airport]]