Mostly rural Gates County, established on Feb. 12, 1779, is one of the least populous counties in the state, with 11,544 residents and a total employment of 1,426 (12.6%). The county seat is Gatesville, about 140 miles northeast of Raleigh. The county and city are both named for Revolutionary War commander Gen. Horatio Gates.<\/p>\n
The county, located between the Chowan River and the Virginia border, is part of the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News Metropolitan Statistical Area.<\/p>\n
The county\u2019s 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.<\/span><\/p>\n The largest manufacturer is Ashton Lewis Lumber (the county\u2019s third-largest employer), which manufactures lumber products and employs about 75 workers.<\/span><\/p>\n The county is served by Roanoke-Chowan Community College, which is part of the 58-school North Carolina Community College System and is located in Ahoskie, in neighboring Hertford County.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-99","county","type-county","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.ncsu.edu\/counties\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/county\/99","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.ncsu.edu\/counties\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/county"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.ncsu.edu\/counties\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/county"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/web.ncsu.edu\/counties\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/county\/99\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1981,"href":"https:\/\/web.ncsu.edu\/counties\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/county\/99\/revisions\/1981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.ncsu.edu\/counties\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}