Porters Neck, North Carolina

Porters Neck, North Carolina
Unincorporated community
Porters Neck, North Carolina is located in North Carolina
Porters Neck, North Carolina
Porters Neck, North Carolina
Porters Neck, North Carolina is located in the United States
Porters Neck, North Carolina
Porters Neck, North Carolina
Coordinates: 34°17′39″N 77°46′10″W / 34.29417°N 77.76944°W / 34.29417; -77.76944
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountyNew Hanover
Area
[1]
 • Total
5.78 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)
 • Total
7,397
 • Density1,367.28/sq mi (527.87/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area codes910, 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]

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%±
20207,397—
U.S. Decennial Census[5]

References

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Porters Neck, North Carolina
  3. ^ a b "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.


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