Kenansville, North Carolina

Kenansville is a town in Duplin County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 855 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Duplin County. The town was named for James Kenan, a member of the North Carolina Senate whose family home Liberty Hall Plantation is in Kenansville.HistoryThe Needham Whitfield Herring House and Kenansville Historic District are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.GeographyKenansville is located slightly west of the center of Duplin County at . North Carolina Highways 11 and 50 pass through the center of town, while North Carolina Highway 24 bypasses the town as a four-lane highway on the southeast. NC 24 leads southwest 5mi to Interstate 40 at Exit 373 and east to Jacksonville. NC 11 leads northeast to Kinston and south to Wallace, while NC 50 leads southeast to Holly Ridge and west 8mi to Warsaw.