Gulf is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

and

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(CDP) in southwestern Chatham County,

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, United States, southeast of the town of Goldston. As of the 2010 census, the Gulf CDP had a population of 144. The community is home to a general store and several historic homes. It received its name from its location at a wide bend in the Deep River. Gulf is an interconnection point between the

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and the Aberdeen, Carolina and Western Railway.

Historic sites

The Haughton-McIver House and Marion Jasper Jordan Farm are listed on the

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Geography

Gulf is located on the southern border of Chatham County, on the north side of Deep River. The

Cape Fear River The Cape Fear River is a blackwater river in east-central North Carolina. It flows into the Atlantic Ocean near Cape Fear, from which it takes its name. The river is formed at the confluence of the Haw River and the Deep River in the town of ...

forms at the confluence of the

Deep Deep or The Deep may refer to: Places United States * Deep Creek (Appomattox River tributary), Virginia * Deep Creek (Great Salt Lake), Idaho and Utah * Deep Creek (Mahantango Creek tributary), Pennsylvania * Deep Creek (Mojave River tributary ...

and Haw rivers, approximately 20 miles downstream of Gulf. Gulf is southeast of

Siler City Siler City is a town in western Chatham County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the town's population was 7,702. History Siler City began when Plikard Dederic Siler and his wife, Elizabeth Hartso ...

and northwest of Sanford. Pittsboro, the Chatham County seat, is to the northeast via the Pittsboro-Goldston Road. According to the

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, the Gulf CDP has a total area of , of which , or 1.18%, is water. Gulf is at the geographical center of North Carolina.

Demographics

References

External links

Atlantic & Yadkin Railway
Census-designated places in Chatham County, North Carolina Census-designated places in North Carolina {{ChathamCountyNC-geo-stub