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Brogden North Carolina Map

Explore Brogden, North Carolina, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Brogden, North Carolina

How to Use This Brogden, North Carolina Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Brogden, North Carolina. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of North Carolina or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Brogden.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Brogden
State	North Carolina (NC)
County	Johnston County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	35.295581
Longitude	-78.029375
Population	2,510
Density	437.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	27577, 28333
Area Code	919, 984, 704, 980
County Seat	Smithfield
School District	Wayne County Public Schools

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About Brogden, North Carolina

Brogden is a locality in Johnston County, North Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,510. The population density is 437.3 people per km². Brogden is located at 35.2956°N, 78.0294°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 27577, 28333.

Brogden occupies a quiet reach of the North Carolina interior, where the land flattens into an expansive, sun-drenched plain characterized by rich, dark soil and the steady growth of pine and hardwood stands. It lies 7.4 miles southeast of Smithfield, NC (from Smithfield, NC: bearing 136°T), and is situated 7.6 miles south-southeast of Selma. The geography here remains defined by the modest, purposeful movement of Bawdy Creek, which snakes through the undergrowth only a mile away, carrying the amber-tinted runoff of the piedmont toward larger basins. Nearby, the still waters of The Cowbone offer a mirror to the shifting clouds, providing a silent, reflective anchor to the surrounding fields. As the afternoon light wanes, it casts long, amber shadows across the open acreage, turning the dry grasses into a shimmering, brittle gold that seems to hold the heat of the day long after the sun has slipped beneath the horizon.

Economic life in Brogden remains tethered to the rhythms of the earth, as the heritage of tobacco cultivation and regional agriculture continues to shape the local character and the daily labor of its residents. The spirit of the place is marked by a deliberate, patient pace, an inheritance from generations who worked these same fields and organized their lives around the cycles of the harvest. Five miles away, the Pine Level Recreation Park serves as a common ground for the collective leisure of the populace, offering a space where the social fabric of the neighborhood finds its expression in the quiet bustle of communal activity. Life in Brogden proceeds with a courteous, unadorned stability, grounded in the familiarity of the landscape and the enduring connection between the people and the plain they inhabit.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Wayne County - Goldsborough Bridge Battlefield (Local Recreation) — 2.8 mi, 002° N
Community Park (Local Park) — 2.9 mi, 342° N
Battle of Goldsborough Bridge (Monument) — 3.0 mi, 001° N
Resthaven Memorial Park (Local Park) — 3.5 mi, 316° NW
The Big Barn Theater (Theatre) — 4.8 mi, 267° W
Old Waynesborough Park (Conservation Area) — 4.9 mi, 008° N
Daniels Chapel (Monument) — 5.5 mi, 044° NE
SJAFB Sabre Base theater (Theatre) — 5.7 mi, 042° NE
Thomas Koritz Clinic (Monument) — 6.0 mi, 040° NE
City of Goldsboro Open Space (Local Conservation Area) — 6.1 mi, 036° NE
Arts council of Wayne county studios (Arts Centre) — 6.3 mi, 018° N
Art studio 102 (Arts Centre) — 6.3 mi, 018° N
Music that you can play (Public Artwork) — 6.4 mi, 017° N
City of Goldsboro - Stoney Creek Park (Local Recreation) — 6.5 mi, 034° NE
Conservation Trust for North Carolina Preserve (Conservation Area) — 7.4 mi, 300° NW
Cliffs of the Neuse State Park (State Park) — 8.1 mi, 108° E
Cliffs of the Neuss l (Viewpoint) — 9.1 mi, 115° SE
Odom Farming Company (Theme Park) — 10.2 mi, 358° N
La Grange Arts Center (Museum) — 13.6 mi, 087° E
Major General William T. Sherman's headquarters (Registered Battlefield) — 13.9 mi, 280° W
Merging of the Armies (Registered Battlefield) — 14.6 mi, 276° W
Kenly 95 (Attraction) — 20.8 mi, 342° N
Tobacco Farm Life Museum (Museum) — 21.7 mi, 347° N
Fort Neroka (Attraction) — 21.7 mi, 052° NE
Nooherooka Monument, Snow Hill (Museum) — 21.7 mi, 052° NE
Southern National Motorsport Park (Stadium) — 21.9 mi, 355° N
North Carolina Safe Harbor Agreement - Red-cockaded Woodpecker (State Conservation Area) — 22.0 mi, 310° NW
Croatan National Forest (National Forest) — 50.6 mi, 118° SE · 162k acres
Croatan Game Land (Marine Protected Area) — 50.6 mi, 118° SE
Catfish Lake South Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 53.7 mi, 115° SE · 8,490 acres

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