Eden is a city in Rockingham County, North Carolina, United States, in the state's Piedmont region. The population was 15,527 at the 2010 census. From the late nineteenth century through much of the 20th, the city was a center of textile mills and manufacturing. The city was incorporated in 1967 through the consolidation of three separate towns: Leaksville, Spray, and Draper. The phone Area code is area code 336.Eden is the largest city in Rockingham County, North Carolina and is a secondary city of the Piedmont Triad, with more than 10,000 population. Eden is part of the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area.