Eden, North Carolina

Eden, North Carolina
City
Leaksville Commercial Historic District
Seal
Nickname:  Land of 2 Rivers
Motto(s):  "Small Town, Big Outdoors"
Location of Eden, North Carolina
Coordinates: 36°30′10″N 79°44′29″W / 36.50278°N 79.74139°W / 36.50278; -79.74139
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	Rockingham
incorporated	September 12, 1967
Government
• Type	City Council
• Mayor	Neville Hall
• City Manager	Jon Mendenhall
Area [1]
• Total	14.38 sq mi (37.24 km2)
• Land	14.22 sq mi (36.83 km2)
• Water	0.16 sq mi (0.41 km2)
Elevation [2]	633 ft (193 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	15,421
• Rank	70th in North Carolina
• Density	1,084.46/sq mi (418.72/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	27288-27289
Area code	336
FIPS code	37-20080[3]
GNIS feature ID	2403539[2]
Website	www.edennc.us

Eden is a city in Rockingham County in the U.S. state of North Carolina and is part of the Greensboro-High Point Metropolitan Statistical Area of the Piedmont Triad region. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,405.^[4] From the late nineteenth century through much of the 20th, the city was a center of textile mills and manufacturing. The city was incorporated in 1967 through the consolidation of three towns: Leaksville, Spray, and Draper.^[5][6]