Seaboard, North Carolina

Seaboard, North Carolina
South Main Street
South Main Street
Location of Seaboard, North Carolina
Location of Seaboard, North Carolina
Coordinates: 36°29′26″N 77°26′31″W / 36.49056°N 77.44194°W / 36.49056; -77.44194
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountyNorthampton
Area
 • Total0.96 sq mi (2.49 km2)
 • Land0.96 sq mi (2.49 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation125 ft (38 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total542
 • Density562.82/sq mi (217.31/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
27876
Area code252
FIPS code37-59980[3]
GNIS feature ID2407302[2]

Seaboard is a township in Northampton County, North Carolina, United States, created as a company town by the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad, approximately 10 miles northeast of Weldon in the mid-1840s as a place for railroad employees to live.[4]

The population was 632 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina Micropolitan Statistical Area.

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Seaboard, North Carolina
  3. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ^ "The Seaboard Air Line Railroad, Through The Heart Of The South".