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About Ayden, NC

Ayden is a small eastern North Carolina town of about 5,000 people, located 15 miles southwest of Greenville on US Highway 11. Most visitors arrive via US 264 from Raleigh (90 miles) or I-95 connections through Wilson. The town sits in tobacco and pine country with a humid subtropical climate. Ayden is famous as the birthplace of Pepsi-Cola, where Caleb Bradham first created the recipe in 1893.

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Ayden, NC is in United States, at 35.469, -77.417 - about 16 km south of Greenville, NC.

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The closest airport to Ayden, NC is Pitt-Greenville Airport, 20 km (about 23 min by car). Other airports nearby: Coastal Carolina Regional Airport.

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