Engaging North Carolina
Nash County
Quick Facts
Students: 313Applicants: 235
Alumni: 1437
Park Scholars: 1
Goodnight Scholars: 6
Caldwell Fellows: 0
Nash County, established on Dec. 24, 1777, is located about 45 miles northeast of NC State’s campus. The county seat is Nashville and is part of the Rocky Mount Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The county’s most profitable agricultural product is poultry/eggs, while the largest product by acreage is soybeans.
The type of livestock produced most by total number is meat-type chickens.
The county’s largest manufacturer and largest employer is Pfizer, which manufactures pharmaceuticals and employs more than 3,000 people.
The county is home to North Carolina Wesleyan College, a private four-year liberal arts school in Rocky Mount, Nash Community College and a branch of Edgecombe County Community College. Shaw University’s College of Adult and Professional Education program has a satellite campus in Rocky Mount.
Nash County Community College is a partner with NC State in the Community College Collaboration (C3), a dual-admission program that offers alternative pathways to degrees for students who are from low-to-moderate income families and who have demonstrated academic success.
NC State is Here
Taylor-Holt Forest
Taylor-Holt Forest, located about 95 miles from main campus, is made of two large tracts totaling 118 acres.
A gift from Oma Taylor in 2007, it is designated as an income-producing agriculture and tree farm that provides educational support for students in NC State’s College of Natural Resources. The forest is primarily planted loblolly pine for pulp and paper production. It also includes six leased acres for organic farming, five acres of sweetgum regeneration and half an acre of upland oaks for wildlife.
The forest currently is the site of a research project involving an active tip-moth control study.
The forest is not accessible to the public, and there are no onsite facilities. Some tracts are leased for agriculture.
The Tar River where it begins to form the Rocky Mount Reservoir near NC 58.
The Tar River where it begins to form the Rocky Mount Reservoir near NC 58.
The Tar River where it begins to form the Rocky Mount Reservoir along NC 58.
Sunset on the Rocky Mount Reservoir at the mouth of Sapony Creek.
Anglers head out for an evening of fishing on the Rocky Mount Reservoir at the mouth of Sapony Creek.
Sunset on the Rocky Mount Reservoir at the mouth of Sapony Creek.
Fall colors reflect on the surface of Sapony Creek in Nash County near the community of Sandy Cross.
Ben Byrd of Lakeview Pecans uses a leaf blower to form rows of freshly dropped pecans.
Ben Byrd of Lakeview Pecans harvests a row of freshly dropped pecans as the fall sun peeks through the trees.
Ben Byrd of Lakeview Pecans harvests a row of freshly dropped pecans as the fall sun peeks through the trees.
Pecans hang onto their limb until they are shaken from the tree.
Pecans hang onto their limb until they are shaken from the tree.
Ben Byrd of Lakeview Pecans gently encourages a few stubborn pecans to fall into the hopper on his farm outside of Bailey.
Lakeview Pecans' Ben Byrd culls out cracked pecan shells after harvesting on the Nash County farm.
Lakeview Pecans' Ben Byrd culls out cracked pecan shells after harvesting on the Nash County farm.
Freshly harvested pecans at Lakeview Pecans.
Handful of freshly harvested pecans.
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