unincorporated community
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and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
(CDP) in
Pender County
Pender County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 60,203. Its county seat is Burgaw. Pender County is part of the Wilmington, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
The county ...
,
North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So ...
, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 277.
The community is in southwestern Pender County, along
North Carolina Highway 210
North Carolina Highway 210 (NC 210) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina that connects settlements in the Atlantic Coastal Plain region. Due to its meandering route NC 210 changes directional orientation twice, changing ...
. It is named for Long Creek, a southward-flowing stream that runs along the western edge of the community and leads southeast to the
Northeast Cape Fear River
Northeast Cape Fear River is a long 5th order tributary to the Cape Fear River in southeastern North Carolina.
Variant names
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:
* North East River
* No ...
. The community is west of Rocky Point, southwest of
Burgaw
Burgaw is a town in, and the county seat of, Pender County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 3,872 at the 2010 census.
Burgaw is part of the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
The town most likely derives its nam ...
, the Pender
county seat
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''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.''