Main city: Elizabeth City
Timezone: Eastern
Phone type: Unknown
Operator: United States Cellular Corp. - North Carolina

Elizabeth City, a city in Pasquotank County and in the State of North Carolina. With a population of 18,683 at the 2010 census, Elizabeth City is not only the county seat of Pasquotank County, but is also the largest city and by default, the cultural, economic and educational hub of the sixteen-county Historic Albemarle region of northeastern North Carolina. ^source

North American telephone area code 252 covers the northeastern corner of the State of North Carolina and includes the cities and towns of Elizabeth City, Greenville, Henderson, Kitty Hawk, New Bern, Roanoke Rapids, Rocky Mount, and Wilson. It was split from area code 919 on March 22, 1998. ^source