Ayden is a very small town located in Pitt County, North Carolina. It is about nine miles to the south of Greenville and a 90 minute drive to the famous Research Triangle Park with all its fancy hospitals and research institutes. The total population of Ayden only numbers about 2600 inhabitants, but when the surrounding areas are included, there are at least a quarter of a million people living within a 25 mile radius. [Read more…]