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New Bern (the accent is pronounced on “New”) is a city in Craven County,NCAs of the 2000 census the population was 23,128 . In 2008 the estimated population increased to 28,586 . It is situated at the merge of the Trent and the Neuse rivers, 87 miles (140 km) northeast of Wilmington. New Bern is the 2nd oldest town in North Carolina and served as the capital of the North Carolina colonial government and then briefly as the state capital. It is the county seat of Craven County and the principal city of the New Bern Micropolitan Statistical Area. Originally a Swiss settlement, the city is named after the capital of Switzerland, Bern and has a similar flag. The Swiss connection (just as the German immigrants in Pennsylvania Dutch and the Dutch in New Amsterdam ) with England was established by Marian exiles and marriages of the Royal House of Stuart, important people in the history of the Calvinism. New Bern is commonly known as the birthplace of Pepsi Cola.

In 1710 New Bern was first settled by Swiss and German immigrants under the leadership of Christoph de Graffenried, Franz Louis Michel and John Lawson. It was named after the (later) capital of Switzerland, Bern. The first permanent seat of the colonial government of North Carolina was located in New Bern. Following the American Revolutionary War, New Bern became the first state capital . Christoph von Graffenried ordered that the layout of the town was made into the shape of a cross, although the town is not in the shape today due to growth of the town and towns surrounding it.

In 1770 Tryon Palace was and was the former home of British governor William Tryon.Until the 1790′s it was the state capital building of the newly independant North Carolina , when it burned down. A replica, built from the original plans and on the original foundation, is now maintained as a historic site and tourist attraction. During the 1800s Federal period, New Bern was the largest city in North Carolina^} New Bern recovered after Raleigh took its place as the state capital with the help of trade routes to the Caribbean and New England It reached a population of 3,600 in 1815.

New Bern was the site of the Battle of New Bern early in the American Civil War in which the town was captured and occupied by Union forces.

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