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Population: 57,593
Area: 937 square miles
County seat: Whiteville
Area code(s) in use: 910
Time zone: EST
High school graduate or higher: 78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.6%
Median household income: $35,182
Persons in poverty: 24.5%
Home ownership rate: 71.5%
Mean travel time to work: 24.1 minutes

Adjacent counties:
Bladen Brunswick Dillon (SC) Horry (SC) Pender Robeson

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Places in Columbus County, North Carolina

Airports show all on map

Bolton Airport, Carolina Bay Airport, Columbus County Municipal Airport, Cox Field Airport, Hughes Airport, Rogers Field, Strickland Field Airport, Turbeville Airport

Basins show all on map

Bays show all on map

Big Pond Bay, Flat Bay, Greenhouse Bay, Sawscalpel Bay, Strouds Bay, The Cove, Torry Bay

Bends show all on map

Bridges show all on map

Big Creek Bridge, Big Cypress Bridge, Boggy Branch Bridge, Cane Break Bridges, Cypress Creek Bridges, Eddie Ford Bridges, Nellie Ford Bridge, Peniten Bridges, Pleasant Plains Bridge, Pole Bridge, Ramsey Ford Bridges, Sand Pit Bridge, Seven Creek Bridges, Simmons Bay Bridge, Stanley Ford Bridge

Buildings show all on map

Acme - Delco - Riegelwood Fire and Rescue Squad, Bolton Police Department, Bolton Volunteer Fire Department, Brunswick Volunteer Fire Department, Buckhead Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department, Cape Fear Fire Protection, Carolinas Medical Response, Cerro Gordo Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad, Chadbourn - Klondyke Fire and Rescue, Chadbourn Community Library, Chadbourn Police Department, Columbus Correctional Institution, Columbus County Courthouse, Columbus County Emergency Medical Services, Columbus County Law Enforcement, Columbus County Public Library, Columbus County Public Library - East Columbus Branch, Columbus County Sheriff's Administration, Columbus County Sheriff's Office, Evergreen Volunteer Fire Department, Fair Bluff Fire and Rescue, Fair Bluff Fire and Rescue, Fair Bluff Police Department, Fair Bluff Rescue Squad, Hallsboro Volunteer Fire Department Station 16, Lake Waccamaw Fire Department and Rescue Squad, Lake Waccamaw Fire Department and Rescue Squad Station 27, Lake Waccamaw Police Department, Liberty Commons Nursing and Rehabilitation of Columbus, Nakina Fire and Rescue Squad, Nakina Fire and Rescue Squad Pireway, North Carolina State Highway Patrol, North Whiteville Volunteer Fire Department, Old Dock - Cypress Creek Volunteer Fire Department and Auxiliary, Roseland Volunteer Fire Department, Saint James Volunteer Fire Department, Shoreland Health Care and Retirement Center, South Williams Fire Department, Tabor City Emergency Services, Tabor City Fire Department, Tabor City Fire Department Substation, Tabor City Police Department, White Marsh - Welches Creek Volunteer Fire Department, Whiteville City Hall, Whiteville Fire Department, Whiteville Police Department, Whiteville Rescue Squad, Williams Township Volunteer Fire Department

Canals show all on map

Cove Canal, Harlem Canal, Kings Bluff Aqueduct, Lateral Canal D, Lateral Canal E, Lateral Canal F, Lateral Canal G, Lateral Canal H, Line Canal, Peniten Canal, Strauss Canal

Capes show all on map

Betsy Burgh Island, Bush Island, Long Island, Pate Neck

Cemeteries show all on map

Atkinson Cemetery, Batten Cemetery, Belle View Cemetery, Benevolent Cemetery, Bethel Cemetery, Blackmon Cemetery, Brandh Cemetery, Browns Cemetery, Buie Cemetery, Bullard Cemetery, Callihan Cemetery, Cartrette Cemetery, Chadbourn Cemetery, Cherry Grove Cemetery, Clewis Cemetery, Coleman Cemetery, Coleman Cemetery, Columbus Country Memorial Park, Cox Cemetery, Cribb Cemetery, Cribb Cemetery, Duncan Cemetery, Edwards Cemetery, Ellis Cemetery, Etheridge Cemetery, Faison Cemetery, Field Cemetery, Flynn Cemetery, Formyduval Cemetery, Fowler Cemetery, Gapway Cemetery, Godwin Cemetery, Gore Cemetery, Gowans Cemetery, Griffin Cemetery, Hardee Cemetery, Hinson Cemetery, Hinson Cemetery, Jones Cemetery, Lennon Cemetery, Lovett Cemetery, Malpass Cemetery, McEwen Cemetery, McKeithan Cemetery, McPherson Cemetery, Meadow Cemetery, Meares Cemetery, Meares Cemetery, Milligan Cemetery, Mitchellfield Cemetery, Mount Hebron Memorial Park, Mount Moriah Cemetery, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Myrtle Green Cemetery, Norris Cemetery, Norris Cemetery, Owens Cemetery, Pierce Cemetery, Pierce Cemetery, Porters Cemetery, Powell Cemetery, Prince Cemetery, Prince Cemetery, Regar Cemetery, Rogers Cemetery, Ross Cemetery, Saint Stevens Cemetery, Scull Cemetery, Sibbitt Cemetery, Simmons Cemetery, Smith Cemetery, Smith Cemetery, Soles Cemetery, Soles Cemetery, Spivey Cemetery, Stack Cemetery, Stanley Cemetery, Thompson Cemetery, Todd Cemetery, Ward Cemetery, Watts Cemetery, Wells Cemetery, Whiteville Cemetery, Williams Cemetery, Williamson Cemetery, Wright Cemetery

Census show all on map

Delco Census Designated Place, Evergreen Census Designated Place, Hallsboro Census Designated Place, Riegelwood Census Designated Place, Waccamaw Siouan State Designated Tribal Statistical Area

Churches show all on map

Abraham Church, Antioch Church, Antioch Church, Atkinson Temple, Bethesda Church, Boardman Church, Bristol Creek Church, Butler Branch Baptist Church, Campside Church, Cape Fear Church, Cedar Grove Church, Cedar Grove Church, Cedar Hill Church, Central Church, Cerro Gordo Baptist Church, Chadbourn Baptist Church, Chadbourn Church of God, Chadbourn Pentecostal Holiness Church, Chadbourn Presbyterian Church, Chadbourn United Methodist Church, Chadwick Church, Cheerful Hope Church, Cherry Grove Baptist Church, Cherry Grove Church, China Grove Church, Christ the King Church, Christian Plain Church, Clarendon Church, Corinth Church, Crystal Spring Church, Cypress Branch Church, Dulah Mormon Church, Emmanuel Church, Fair Bluff Baptist Church, Faith Church, Faith Church, Faith Lighthouse Church, First Baptist Church, First Baptist Church of Lake Waccamaw, Forest Lawn Church, Gore Chapel, Gores Chapel, Happy Home Church, Hickory Grove Baptist Church, Highway Church, Honey Hill Church, Horace Grove Baptist Church, Ironhill Church, Jerusalem Church, Lebanon Church, Lee Chapel, Lennons Crossroads Church, Living Word Church, Livingston Church, Love Grove Church, Macedonia Church, Macedonia Church, Magnolia Church, Mill Branch Church, Mill Branch Church, Mount Calvary Church, Mount Elgrim Church, Mount Hebron Church, Mount Moriah Church, Mount Olive Church, Mount Pleasant Church, Mount Sinai Church, Mount Tabor Presbyterian Church, Mount Zion Church, Mount Zion Church, Mount Zion Church, Mount Zion Church, Nakina Church, New Hope Church, New Light Church, New Light Church, North Whiteside Church, Old Dock Church, Old Zion Church, Open Door Church, Our Lords Chapel, Pages Mill Church, Palmyra Church, Peace Church, Peace United Church, Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church, Pine Grove Church, Pine Level Church, Piney Forest Church, Piney Grove Church, Pleasant Hill Church, Pleasant Meadow Church, Pleasant Plains Church, Pleasant Plains Church, Pleasant Union Church, Poley Bridge Church, Porter Swamp Church, Pridgen Church, Primitive Church, Red Hill Church, Rehoboth Church, Riverside Church, Rose Hill Church, Saint James Church, Saint John Church, Saint Paul Church, Saint Paul Church, Sandy Grove Church, Sandy Plain Church, Sandy Plain Church, Shiloh Church, Shiloh Church, Smith Chapel, Smyrna Church, Snowhill Church, Spring Branch Church, Spring Hill Church, Sweet Home Church, Temple Church, Trinity Faith Tabernacle, Union Chapel, Union Church, Union Grove Church, Union Valley Church, United Holy Temple Church, Welch Creek Church, Wesley Church, West Whiteville Church, Western Prong Church, Weyman Chapel, White Marsh Church, Zion Church, Zion Plain Church, Zion Wall Free Will Baptist Church

Dams show all on map

Annetts Pond Dam

Flats show all on map

Bennett Little Field, Big Pond Bay, Boege Bay, Brier Bay, Button Bay, Fivemile Bay, Fox Pond Bay, Hell Cat Bay, Juniper Bay, Kentuck Island, Rough Horn Bay, The Opening, Ward Field

Guts show all on map

Long Branch, Simmons Bay Creek

Hospitals show all on map

Columbus Regional Healthcare System Hospital

Islands show all on map

Beartrap Island, Beech Island, Big Island, Buck Island, Bush Island, Clifton Island, Cow Pen Island, Hickory Island, Pine Island, Snake Island, Sweetgum Island, Tory Island

Lakes show all on map

Blackfish Lake (historical), Brights Lake, Broadwater Lake, Gore Lake, Heron Lakes, Joe Lake, Lake Waccamaw, Lewis Lake (historical), Long Lake, Marys Lake, Sand Hill Lake, Schulkens Pond, The Fishponds

Locales show all on map

Aces Landing, Beaver Dam, Blenon Landing, Chadbourne Wastewater Treatment Plant, Crusoe Community Hall, Dupree Landing, Honey Field, Lake Waccamaw Wastewater Treatment Plant, Lewis Smith Shopping Center, Mitchell Landing, Neils Eddy Landing, Parkers Lower Landing, Parkers Upper Landing, Pridgeons Landing, Rieglewood Shopping Center, South Old Dock, Southeast Regional Park, State Prison Camp Number 602, Tabor City Wastewater Treatment Plant, Tabor Industrial Park, Weavers Landing, Whiteville Plaza, Whiteville Whitemarsh Wastewater Treatment

Parks show all on map

Lake Waccamaw State Park

Plains show all on map

Populated Places show all on map

Acme, Antioch, Armour, Artesia, Baldwin Woods, Barb Crest Trailer Park, Bethel, Big Curve, Bird Cage, Boardman, Bolton, Braswell, Broadway, Brunswick, Buckhead, Bug Hill, Butler Crossroads, Byrdville, Cedar Grove, Cerro Gordo, Chadbourn, Cherry Grove, Clarendon, Clewis Corner, Country Club Mobile Home Park, Country Side Mobile Home Park, Cribb Town, Cypress Creek, Delco, Dothan, Dulah, East Tabor, Emerson, Evergreen, Evergreen, Fair Bluff, Fairfax Heights, Farmers Union, Fipps Crossing, Freeman, Frink Crossing, Goose Hollow, Gooseneck, Grist, Guide, Guideway, Halls, Hallsboro, Harrelsonville Crossroads, Hickmans Crossroads, Hinson Crossroads, Honey Hill, Ironhill, Jonesboro Crossing, Lake Waccamaw, Lennons Crossroads, Mark Pine, McKenzie Woods, Mollie, Mount Olive, Nakina, Needmore, New Berlin, New Life, Nobles Crossing, Oak Dale Crossroads, Old Dock, Olyphic, Peacocks, Pine Level, Pine Log, Piney Forest Crossroads, Pireway, Pleasant Plains, Poley Bridge Crossing (historical), Potters Curve, Powells Crossing, Prosper, Redbug, Reeves, Ricefield, Rico, Riegelwood, Riverview, Roseland, Runnymeade, Sandy Plain, Sandyfield, Seven Creeks, Sidney, Simmons Bay, Smith Crossing, Snowhill, South Whiteville, Sunset Terrace, Tabor City, Vinegar Hill, Wananish, Ward Corner, Wards, Whites Crossing, Whiteville, Williams, Williams Cross Roads (historical), Williamson Crossroads, Wootens Crossroads, Wyatts Crossroads

Post Offices show all on map

Bolton Post Office, Brunswick Post Office, Chadbourn Post Office, Delco Post Office, Fair Bluff Post Office, Hallsboro Post Office, Lake Waccamaw Post Office, Olyphic Post Office, Tabor City Post Office, Whiteville Post Office

Reservoirs show all on map

Annetts Pond, Benson Mill Pond, Buffkin Pond, Inmans Lake, Lake Tabor, Meares Millpond, Mill Pond, Richardson Millpond, Richardson Pond

Ridges show all on map

Anthony Ridge, Bee Tree Ridge, Beech Island, Big Ridge, Big Sandy Ridge, Clewis Ridge, Council Ridge, Cox Ridge, Grays Ridge, Long Ridge, Long Ridge, Riegel Ridge, Sand Ridge, Schoolhouse Ridge, Tar Barrel

Schools show all on map

Acme Delco Elementary School, Acme Delco Middle School, Artesia School, Boys Home Junior High School, Cerro Gordo Elementary School, Cerro Gordo School, Chadbourn Elementary School, Chadbourn Junior High School, Columbus Christian Academy, Edgewood School, Evergreen Elementary School, Fair Bluff Elementary School, Guideway Elementary School, Hallsboro Elementary School, Hallsboro High School, Hickory Hill School, Nakina High School, Nakina High School, New Hope School, Old Dock Elementary School, Old Dock School, Southeastern Community College, Tabor City Elementary/High School, Tabor City West Junior High School, Waccamaw Academy, Waccamaw Institute, West Columbus High School, Whiteville High School, Whiteville School, Williams Township High School

Streams show all on map

Alligator Branch, Bay Branch, Bear Branch, Beaver Dam Swamp, Big Branch, Big Branch, Big Branch, Big Branch, Big Creek, Big Creek, Big Cypress Swamp, Big Fork, Big Fresh Water Branch, Big Pond Branch, Black Creek, Boggy Branch, Boggy Branch, Boggy Branch, Boggy Hill Branch, Bogue Swamp, Brier Creek, Bristol Creek, Browders Branch, Brown Mill Branch, Buckhead Branch, Calf Ford Branch, Camp Branch, Camp Swamp, Cedar Branch, Cedar Branch, Cerro Gordo, Cherry Branch, Coleman Mill Branch, Collarbone Branch, Coopersmith Branch, Cow Bog Branch, Cow Branch, Cowpen Branch, Creek Branch, Crooked Run Branch, Curries Branch, Cypress Branch, Cypress Branch, Cypress Branch, Cypress Creek, Dans Creek, Deep Branch, Deep Branch, Double Branch, Dunn Swamp, Fivemile Branch, Gapway Swamp, Gore Creek, Graveyard Branch, Gray Branch, Greene Branch, Greenes Branch, Grissett Swamp, Gum Swamp, Gum Swamp, Gum Swamp Run, Hall Branch, Hog Branch, Horse Branch, Horsepen Branch, Huggins Creek, Ironhill Branch, Jockey Branch, Johns Branch, Juniper Creek, Juniper Swamp, Lebanon Branch, Lindscomb Branch, Little Fresh Water Branch, Little Swamp, Livingston Creek, Loggy Branch, Long Branch, Maple Branch, Mark Pine Canal, Marlow Branch, McClennen Branch, Mill Branch, Mill Branch, Mill Branch, Mill Branch, Mill Branch, Mill Branch, Mill Branch Swamp, Mill Creek, Mill Creek, Mire Branch, Mollie Branch, Mollie Swamp, Monie Swamp, Palmetto Branch, Pine Log Branch, Poplar Branch, Pretty Creek, Puncheon Branch, Rattlesnake Branch, Reedy Branch, Register Branch, Ricefield Branch, Richlands Branch, Rough Horn Branch, Ruddy Branch, Sand Pit Branch, Sasspan Branch, Scippio Swamp, Scott Branch, Sellers Branch, Seven Creeks, Simmons Bay Creek, Simon Branch, Simons Branch, Skeebo Branch, Slab Run, Slades Swamp, Slap Branch, Soules Swamp, Spring Branch, Spring Branch, Spring Branch, Spring Branch, Sweet Water Branch, Tally Branch, Taylor Branch, Terrapin Branch, Toms Fork, Trippiloo Creek, Troy Mill Branch, Turkeypen Branch, Turner Branch, Uncles Branch, Ward Branch, Ward Branch, Water Branch, Welch Creek, Western Prong, Weyman Creek, Whiskey Swamp, White Marsh, White Oak Branch, Williams Branch, Wolf Trap Branch

Summits show all on map

Swamps show all on map

Barden Bay, Bear Bay, Bear Garden Bay, Bear Pond, Bee Tree Swamp, Beks Bay, Bennett Bay, Big Bay, Big Bay, Big Bay, Big Bay, Bitch Bay, Black Bay, Blackfish Lake, Boggy Swamp, Briery Bay, Buck Slash Bay, Buzzard Bay, Buzzard Bay, Camp Bay, Cattail Bay, Cedar Grove, Club Bay, Cove Swamp, Cow Bay, Cow Pen Bay (historical), Cross Bay, Cross Bay, Cross Swamp, Cypress Bay (historical), Cypress Branch, Cypress Creek Bay, Cypress Pond, Doehead Bay, Double Head Bay, Flat Bay, Fox Bay, Friar Swamp, Gapway Swamp, Gray Swamp, Green Swamp, Gum Swamp, Gum Swamp, Hog Swamp, Honey Bay, Honey Island Swamp, Horne Swamp, Huckleberry Bay, Huggins Bay, Iron Springs Bay, Jackson Bay, Jenrette Bay, King Swamp, Lake Swamp, Lamberts Bay, Lee Lake, Lewis Lake, Little Swamp, Log Pine Bay, Long Bay, Mark Pine Bay, Marsh Bay, McColskey Bay, Meares Bay, Middle Swamp, Pagett Bay, Pine Log Bay, Pine Log Swamp, Porter Swamp, Red Hill Swamp, Ridgepole Swamp, Robin Bay, Sand Pit Bay, Sandy Fork Bay, Sawhorn Bay, Scoggin Bay, Simmons Bay, Slap Swamp, Spring Branch Bay, Strauss Swamp, Tarkiln Bay, Ward Bay, Water Hole Bay, Webb Bay, Wild Cattle Swamp, Winnie Moore Bay, Wolf Pen Bay

Towers show all on map

WENC-AM (Whiteville), WKSM-FM (Tabor City), WQTR-FM (Whiteville), WTAB-AM (Tabor City), WTXY-AM (Whiteville), WUNJ-TV (Wilmington), WVOE-AM (Chadbourn), WWKO-AM (Fair Bluff),

Columbus County, North Carolina Population By Race (2012 estimate)
Race	Population
White	36,859
Black	17,623
American Indian	2,015
Mixed	863
Asian	230
Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	57

Additional population tables :
State population table
North Carolina population by county