The Neuse River runs through eleven counties in North Carolina, encompassing over 6,000 square miles of watershed.
The Neuse River was named for the Neusiok people who lived along its banks.
Stretching 248 miles from the Falls Lake Reservoir Dam in the Piedmont to its mouth at Pamlico Sound, the Neuse River is the longest river in North Carolina; at its mouth, it is the widest river in America—6 miles across.
