Rocky Mount, North Carolina

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Rocky Mount
City
Rocky Mount City Lake Park
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Nickname:  City On The Rise
Motto:  "The Center Of It All"
Location in Edgecombe and Nash Counties and the state of North Carolina.
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Coordinates: 35°58′06″N 77°48′16″W / 35.96833°N 77.80444°W / 35.96833; -77.80444
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
Counties	Edgecombe, Nash
Founded	March 22, 1816
Incorporated	February 19, 1867
Named for	Rocky mounds along the Tar River[1]
Government
• Type	Council–Manager
• Mayor	Sandy Roberson
• City manager	Peter Varney
• City council	Members Andre Knight Reuben C. Blackwell, IV Richard Joyner T.J. Walker Lige Daughtridge W.B. Bullock Chris Carroll Miller
Area [2]
• City	44.89 sq mi (116.27 km2)
• Land	44.68 sq mi (115.73 km2)
• Water	0.21 sq mi (0.54 km2)
Elevation [4]	85 ft (26 m)
Population  (2020)[5]
• City	54,341
• Density	1,216.14/sq mi (469.55/km2)
• Urban	63,297 (US: 432nd)[3]
• Urban density	1,408.0/sq mi (543.6/km2)
• Metro	143,870 (US: 293rd)
• CSA	288,747 (US: 112th)
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes	27801, 27802, 27803, 27804, 27809, 27815
Area code	252
FIPS code	37-57500
GNIS feature ID	2404643[4]
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Website	www.rockymountnc.gov

Rocky Mount is a city in Edgecombe and Nash counties in the Atlantic coastal plain region of the U.S. state of North Carolina. The city's population was 54,341 at the 2020 census.^[5]

Rocky Mount has received the All-America City Award from the National Civic League two times, in 1969 and 1999.^[6]

1. ↑ "Rocky Mount". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
2. ↑ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
3. ↑ United States Census Bureau (December 29, 2022). "2020 Census Qualifying Urban Areas and Final Criteria Clarifications". Federal Register.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rocky Mount, North Carolina
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "QuickFacts: Rocky Mount city, North Carolina". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
6. ↑ "Previous Winners". National Civic League. Retrieved 21 November 2016.