New Bern is a city in Craven County, North Carolina with a population
of 29,524 as of the 2010 census. It is located at the confluence of the Trent
and the Neuse rivers, near the North Carolina coast. It lies 112 mi
(180 km) east of Raleigh and 87 mi (140 km) northeast of
Wilmington. New Bern is the county seat of Craven County and the principal city
of the New Bern Micropolitan Statistical Area. New Bern is the birthplace of
Pepsi Cola.
New Bern was settled in 1710 by Swiss and Palatine German immigrants. The
new colonists named the settlement after Bern, the capital of Switzerland
