Engelhard is a
census-designated place (CDP) and
fishing community in
Lake Landing Township
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on the mainland of
Hyde County,
North Carolina, United States. It has access to
Pamlico Sound. As of the
2010 census it had a population of 445.
History
Inkwell and
Wynne's Folly are listed on the
National Register of Historic Places.
Geography
Engelhard is in eastern Hyde County along
U.S. Route 264
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, which leads northeast to
Manteo and west to
Belhaven.
According to the
U.S. Census Bureau
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, the CDP has a total area of , all land.
The community is at the head of Far Creek, a small tidal inlet of
Pamlico Sound.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the
2020 United States census
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, there were 374 people, 120 households, and 109 families residing in the CDP.
Climate
This region experiences hot and wet summers with rainy days. According to the
Köppen Climate Classification system, Engelhard has a
humid subtropical climate
A humid subtropical climate is a zone of climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and cool to mild winters. These climates normally lie on the southeast side of all continents (except Antarctica), generally between latitudes 25° and 40° ...
(
Köppen ''Cfa'').
There are cool winters during which intense rainfall occurs.
Snow in Engelhard is possible in winter months.
Education
The local school is Mattamuskeet School of
Hyde County Schools.
In the
de jure segregation era, the grade school for black students was, by the 1960s, Davis School, a consolidation of earlier such schools, in Engelhard. The high school for black students was Hyde County Training School in
Sladesville. The high school for white students was East Hyde School.
BHM Regional Library operates the Engelhard Library.
References
Census-designated places in Hyde County, North Carolina
Populated coastal places in North Carolina
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