page_title: Beaufort County, North Carolina
section_title: City
hierarchical_section_title: Beaufort County, North Carolina / Communities / City
caption_attribution_description: Map of Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States with township and municipal boundaries
context_page_description: Beaufort County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 47,759. Its county seat is Washington. The county was founded in 1705 as Pamptecough Precinct. Originally included in Bath County, it was renamed Beaufort Precinct in 1712 and became Beaufort County in 1739.
  Beaufort County comprises the Washington, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Greenville-Washington, NC Combined Statistical Area.
context_section_description: Washington (county seat)
caption: Map of Beaufort County, North Carolina With Municipal and Township Labels
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