Cape Colony North Carolina Map

About Cape Colony, North Carolina

Cape Colony is a locality in Chowan County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 691. The population density is 264.2 people per km². Cape Colony is located at 36.0196°N, 76.5816°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 27932.

Cape Colony anchors a flat, low-lying expanse where the damp, salt-heavy breath of the Atlantic Ocean defines the shifting light of the afternoon. It lies 26.5 miles southwest of Elizabeth City, NC (from Elizabeth City, NC: bearing 224°T), and is situated 3.0 miles south-southeast of Edenton. The landscape here is defined by a quiet persistence, where the earth gives way to the edges of Chowan County - Cape Colony Park, a space that holds the stillness of the coastal plain. Two miles to the west, the waters of Pembroke Creek move with a sluggish, deliberate gravity toward the sea, carving a path through soil that feels heavy with moisture. Far to the west, the faint, jagged suggestion of Sandy Ridge might haunt the distant horizon on the clearest of days, but here, the world is defined by the immediate reach of the horizon and the smell of brine that clings to the late-day humidity.

Cape Colony functions as a place of steady, measured industry, where the rhythms of the coastal economy have long been dictated by the proximity of the water. While the legacy of the region is tied to the labor of the soil and the harvest of the tides, the modern pulse of the area remains tied to the maintenance of this quiet geography. Residents often look toward the small, secluded shores of Louse Island or find their recreation in the shadow of the local park, far removed from the clamor of the state’s more populous centers. Even the waters of Bennett Millpond, sitting nine miles away, provide a different sort of silence, a freshwater contrast to the relentless, rhythmic pull of the Atlantic Ocean that shapes the life and character of the people living here.

About This Cape Colony Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cape Colony, North Carolina. Coordinates: 36.019606, -76.581609. 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 Cape Colony includes the ZIP code (27932), telephone area code (919, 984), county seat of Chowan County (Edenton), and school district assignment (Edenton-Chowan 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.