Pikeville, North Carolina

Pikeville, North Carolina
Nickname: 
"The Gem of Wayne County"[1]
Pikeville, North Carolina is located in North Carolina
Pikeville, North Carolina
Pikeville, North Carolina
Location within the state of North Carolina
Coordinates: 35°29′56″N 77°59′10″W / 35.49889°N 77.98611°W / 35.49889; -77.98611
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountyWayne
Area
 • Total
0.76 sq mi (1.96 km2)
 • Land0.76 sq mi (1.96 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation138 ft (42 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
712
 • Density943.05/sq mi (364.04/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
27863
Area code919
FIPS code37-51780[4]
GNIS feature ID2407110[3]
WebsitePikeville, NC website

Pikeville is a town in Wayne County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 678 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Goldsboro, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is notable for being the home of Collier Motors, an automobile sales and service business established in 1955 that has remained an American Motors (AMC) dealership.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Welcome to the Town of Pikeville, The Gem of Wayne County..." Town of Pikeville, NC. Archived from the original on January 31, 2010. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
  2. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  3. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pikeville, North Carolina
  4. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  5. ^ Cotter, Tom; Martin, Keith (2010). "The good, the bad, and the lucky: Pikeville Purgatory". The Corvette in the Barn: More Great Stories of Automotive Archaeology. MBI Publishing. pp. 239–234. ISBN 978-0-7603-3797-4.
  6. ^ Truesdell, Rich (April 4, 2009). "An AMC Weekend in North Carolina". Automotive Traveler. Retrieved September 10, 2011.