Arapahoe North Carolina Map

About Arapahoe, North Carolina

Arapahoe is a locality in Pamlico County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 416. The population density is 74.0 people per km². Arapahoe is located at 35.0257°N, 76.8255°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Arapahoe is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 28510.

Arapahoe unfolds across a low-slung landscape where the dark, tannin-stained waters of Dawson Creek carve a slow path through the flat, pine-heavy earth. It lies 11.0 miles north-northeast of Havelock, NC (from Havelock, NC: bearing 23°T), and is situated 8.6 miles east-southeast of Fairfield Harbour. The air here holds a distinct, humid weight, carrying the salt-tinged promise of the Atlantic Ocean, which waits only thirteen miles to the east beyond the marshy horizon. Sunlight in Arapahoe possesses a peculiar, syrupy quality during the late afternoon, turning the loblolly pines into jagged silhouettes against a sky that seems wider and more expansive than the land itself. To the west, the distant, hazy suggestion of Davis Ridge provides the only break in an otherwise level topography, while the dense, tangled undergrowth of the Light Ground Pocosin Game Land dictates the wilder boundaries of the local terrain.

Generations of families have organized their lives around the rhythms of the soil and the seasonal shifts of the nearby water, maintaining an economy deeply rooted in the fiber of the earth and the cultivation of the surrounding fields. While the heavy timber of the Croatan National Forest stands as a silent witness to the region’s long history of land management, Arapahoe maintains a quiet, self-contained character, far removed from the clamor of coastal tourism. The proximity to Great Island and the shifting tides of the coast influence the local pace, where life is measured by the turn of the seasons rather than the ticking of a clock. It is a place where the stillness of the landscape—interrupted only by the occasional movement of water or the rustle of wind through the brush—defines the daily experience, anchoring Arapahoe to the slow, deliberate pulse of the rural landscape.

About This Arapahoe Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Arapahoe, North Carolina. Coordinates: 35.025717, -76.825492. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Arapahoe includes the ZIP code (28510), telephone area code (910), county seat of Pamlico County (Bayboro), and school district assignment (Pamlico County Schools).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.