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Population Soars  The city with the second largest population
expansion in the east is Winterville.  The Office of Management
and Budget put out the stats Thursday that show Winterville
increasing in population from 2000 to 2008 by nearly 87 percent.
The current population is nearly 9,000.  Winterville's mayor
says he feels many people like living close to Greenville
without having the congestion of a big city. The city has also
seen a large annexation increase over that time period.  Mayor
Doug Jackson believes there is one major reason why so many
people are choosing to call winterville home. "The first thing I
would say is the tax rate. In 1907 the tax rate for Winterville
was 40 cents per $100. Now it's 45 cents."  The town with the
largest population increase in the east is Princeville in
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