Porters Neck, North Carolina

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Porters Neck, North Carolina
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Porters Neck, North Carolina
Coordinates: 34°17′39″N77°46′10″W / 34.29417°N 77.76944°W / 34.29417; -77.76944
Country United States
State North Carolina
County New Hanover
Area
[1]
  Total5.78 sq mi (14.98 km2)
  Land5.41 sq mi (14.01 km2)
  Water0.37 sq mi (0.97 km2)
Elevation
[2]
20 ft (6 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total7,397
  Density1,367.28/sq mi (527.87/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Area codes 910, 472
GNIS feature ID2584329 [2]

Porters Neck is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States. Its population was 6,204 as of the 2010 census. [3]

Contents

History

William B. Gould was enslaved on Nicholas Nixon's plantation on Porters Neck before escaping in 1862. [4]

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the community has an area of 5.708 square miles (14.78 km2); 5.365 square miles (13.90 km2) of its area is land, and 0.343 square miles (0.89 km2) is water. [3]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
2020 7,397
U.S. Decennial Census [5]

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References

  1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  2. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Porters Neck, North Carolina
  3. 1 2 "2010 Census Gazetteer Files - Places: North Carolina". U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  4. Gould IV, William B. (2002). Diary of a Contraband: The Civil War Passage of a Black Sailor (paperback ed.). Stanford University Press. p. 38. ISBN   0-8047-4708-3.
  5. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.