Colerain North Carolina Map

About Colerain, North Carolina

Colerain is a locality in Bertie County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 239. The population density is 58.0 people per km². Colerain is located at 36.2013°N, 76.7686°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 27924.

Colerain exhales a quiet, humid air, thick with the scent of pine needles and the distant, earthy musk of the Chowan River. It lies 37.8 miles south-south-west of Suffolk, VA (from Suffolk, VA: bearing 196°T), and is situated 3.6 miles west-south-west of Arrowhead Beach. The land here, a low-lying expanse of fertile soil, rolls gently, broken by stands of towering cypress and loblolly pine that claw at the often-hazy sky. Shallow, tea-colored creeks, edged with a fringe of wild rice, snake their way through the landscape, their still waters reflecting the deep green of the surrounding vegetation. Sunlight, filtered through the dense canopy, paints shifting patterns on the damp earth, and the occasional splash of a jumping fish is the loudest punctuation in the pervasive stillness. Colerain's story is deeply intertwined with the agriculture that has long defined this corner of Bertie County. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch to the horizon, their orderly rows a testament to generations of cultivation. The Chowan River, once a vital artery for commerce, still whispers tales of steamboats and the timber trade that fueled the region's early growth. While farming remains a bedrock of the local economy, a quiet resilience characterizes the people of Colerain, a steadfastness born of living with the land and its rhythms. The pace of life is unhurried, a gentle ebb and flow dictated by the seasons and the quiet hum of daily life.

About This Colerain Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Colerain, North Carolina — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 36.201268, -76.768562. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Colerain and Bertie County.

Detailed location data for Colerain includes the ZIP code (27924), telephone area code (919, 984), county seat of Bertie County (Windsor), and school district assignment (Bertie County Schools). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Colerain is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.