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

Porters Neck, North Carolina
Unincorporated community
Porters Neck, North Carolina
Porters Neck, North Carolina
Coordinates: 34°17′39″N 77°46′10″W
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountyNew 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
20 ft (6 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total7,397
 • Density1,367.28/sq mi (527.87/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code910
GNIS feature ID2584329[2]



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

References


  1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  2. "Porters Neck Census Designated Place". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. "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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