Soul City, North Carolina

Soul City, North Carolina
Planned community
Soul City sign at the entrance to Green Duke Village
Soul City Show map of North Carolina Soul City Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 36°24′31″N 78°16′13″W / 36.40861°N 78.27028°W / 36.40861; -78.27028
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	Warren County
Established	1969
ZIP code	27563

Soul City is a community in Warren County, North Carolina, United States. It was a planned community first proposed in 1969 by Floyd McKissick,^[1] a civil rights leader and director of the Congress of Racial Equality. Funded by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Soul City was one of thirteen model city projects under the Urban Growth and New Community Development Act. It was located on 5,000 acres (20 km²) in Warren County near Manson-Axtell Road and Soul City Boulevard in Norlina.^{[2][page needed]}