New Bern is a city in Craven County, North Carolina, United States. At the 2020 census, it had a population of 31,291.It is located at the confluence of the Neuse and the Trent rivers, near the North Carolina coast. It lies 112 miles east of Raleigh, 80 miles north of Wilmington, and 162 miles south of Norfolk. New Bern is the birthplace of Pepsi.
New Bern was founded in October 1710 by the Palatines and Swiss under the leadership of Christoph von Graffenried. The new colonists named their settlement after Bern, the Swiss region from which many of the colonists and their patron had emigrated. The flag and arms of the American city are nearly identical to those of the Swiss canton.
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Bern,_North_Carolina
Coordinates 35°6'30.575" N -77°2'38.812" E
