Porters Neck is an

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and

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New Hanover County New Hanover County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 225,702. The county seat is Wilmington. Though the second-smallest county in North Carolina by land area, it is one of the m ...

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, United States. Its population was 6,204 as of the 2010 census.

History

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

Geography

According to the

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, the community has an area of ; of its area is land, and is water.

Demographics

References

Unincorporated communities in New Hanover County, North Carolina Unincorporated communities in North Carolina Census-designated places in New Hanover County, North Carolina Census-designated places in North Carolina {{NewHanoverCountyNC-geo-stub