Duplin County NC

County News

The Duplin Events Center will be hosting a movie night December 8th at 7:00pm.

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On December 16th, 2023 there will be a Christmas movie on the swimbeach area at Cabin Lake. We will be serving free popcorn and hot coco. Be sure to bring a chair and a blanket. We will start serving at 5pm and showtime will be at 6pm.

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Senior Services will be hosting their Annual Christmas Event on December 13, 2023 from 9:30 am until 1:30 pm. The event will be held at the Duplin County Events Center at 195 Fairgrounds Drive, Kenansville, NC.

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Nominations are now being accepted for the 2024 Governor’s Volunteer Service Award for Duplin County Volunteers. Special Volunteer Types: Individual (one person), Group/Team (two or more individuals who volunteered together as a team), National Service (volunteers with AmeriCorps, VISTA, or Senior Corps), Director of Volunteers-(a paid staff person who exceeds expectations of volunteer management). Areas of Volunteer Service: Veteran/Military, Youth Service, Seniors, Historically Underserved Populations, Disaster, Animals, Cultural, Environment, Health & Human Services, Lifetime Achievement, Other. The nomination form has more detail under each category.

For more information click here.

For the nomination form in PDF format click here.

Kenansville, NC, January 17, 2023 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded Duplin County, NC a $500,000 grant to assess properties under its Brownfields Program to facilitate redevelopment and reuse. The federal grant, announced in May 2022, will allow the County to conduct environmental assessments on commercial and industrial properties in target areas, and enable their potential redevelopment or reuse.

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The Broadband Infrastructure Office has created a survey to recognize communities who do not have access to high-speed broadband.  To assist us in identifying your area, please take a few moments to compete the NC Broadband Survey.

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Duplin County has several bid opportunities for local contractors who meet the required qualifications. If you are interested in these opportunities click here to find more information.

A Public Hearing took place during the Board of Commissioners regular meeting on November 15, 2021, to receive public comment on a proposal for revised electoral districts based upon 2020 Census data. During this meeting a new Electoral District Map was adopted by resolution.

Click this link to view: https://davesredistricting.org/join/787f0459-39a7-4765-9986-f5ca07ae3e54

Duplin County now has a flag retirement box located at the Duplin County Airport.
The address for this location is:
260 Airport Road,
Kenansville NC, 28349

For more information contact:
Scott Summerlin
Phone: 910-296-2180
Email: scott.summerlin@duplincountync.com


The Duplin County Tax Office bills and collects taxes for the following towns:


Calypso, Greenevers, Kenansville, Magnolia (new for 2021), Rose Hill (new for 2021), Wallace (new for 2021), and Warsaw.