Stokes or Carolina is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 in Pitt County

Pitt County, North Carolina

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 133,798 people, 52,539 households, and 32,258 families residing in the county. The population density was 205 people per square mile . There were 58,408 housing units at an average density of 90 per square mile...

, North Carolina

North Carolina

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, United States

United States

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. The community is a part of the Greenville Metropolitan Area

Greenville, North Carolina metropolitan area

The Greenville Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties – Pitt and Greene – in eastern North Carolina, anchored by the city of Greenville...

 in North Carolina's Inner Banks region.

Education

Stokes' local school is Stokes Elementary School, serving grades pre-K through 8th; North Pitt High School serves older students.

Utilities

Stokes Regional Water Company serves local water needs; Congelton and Stokes Gas are the local natural gas

Natural gas

Natural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons . It is found associated with other hydrocarbon fuel, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is an important fuel source and a major feedstock for fertilizers.Most natural...

 suppliers; Embarq

Embarq

Embarq Corporation was the largest independent local exchange carrier in the United States , serving customers in 18 states and providing local, long distance, high-speed data and wireless services to residential and business customers...

 is the local telephone and ADSL company; and GUC provides electricity.

Sources

• Chronicles of Pitt County, Volume I. Pitt County Historical Society, Elizabeth Copeland, Editor, 1982, reprinted 2003.
• Chronicles of Pitt County, Volume II. Pitt County Historical Society, Sandra Hunsucker, Executive Editor, 2005.