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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 213 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GOLDSBORO , a See also:

city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Wayne county, See also:North Carolina, U.S.A., on the Neuse See also:river, about 5o m. S.E. of See also:Raleigh. Pop. (1890) 4017; (1900) 5877 (2520 negroes); (1gro) 6107. It is served by the See also:Southern, the See also:Atlantic See also:Coast See also:Line and the See also:Norfolk & Southern See also:railways. The surrounding See also:country produces large quantities of See also:tobacco, See also:cotton and See also:grain, and trucking is an important See also:industry, the city being a distributing point for strawberries and various kinds of vegetables. The city's manufactures include cotton goods, knit goods, cotton-See also:seed oil, agricultural implements, See also:lumber and See also:furniture. Goldsboro is the seat of the Eastern insane See also:asylum (for negroes) and of an See also:Odd See also:Fellows' See also:orphan See also:home. The See also:municipality owns and operates its See also:water-See also:works and electric-See also:lighting plant. Goldsboro was settled in 1838, and was first incorporated in 1841. In the See also:campaign of 1865 Goldsboro was the point of junction of the See also:Union armies under generals See also:Sherman and See also:Schofield, previous to the final advance to See also:Greensboro.

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