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 217. The population density is 318.6 people per km². Colerain is located at 36.2013°N, 76.7686°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Colerain is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 27924.

Colerain occupies a quiet expanse of flat, fertile earth where the horizon pulls wide and low, punctuated only by the dark, vertical lines of timber stands and the distant, hazy silhouette of Ahoskie Ridge. It lies 29.5 miles west-southwest of Elizabeth City, NC (from Elizabeth City, NC: bearing 258°T), and is situated 13.4 miles east-southeast of Ahoskie. The landscape is defined by the slow, deliberate movement of Peele Branch, which cuts through the fields just a mile away, feeding the thirsty soil that sustains the local rhythm. Beyond the cultivated rows, the thick, tangled greenery of Chowan Swamp Game Land creates a sanctuary of dense foliage that hums with the respiration of insects and the sudden, sharp rustle of hidden wildlife. At dusk, the light here turns a bruised, heavy gold, catching the dust kicked up from unpaved lanes and casting long, thin shadows that seem to stretch back toward the deeper, more ancient woods.

Colerain remains tethered to the patient cycles of agriculture, a place where the seasons are still measured by the planting and harvesting of crops rather than the hurried ticking of a clock. History here is kept in the weathered siding of old barns and the steady, persistent labor of those who work the land, far removed from the clamor of industrial centers. While Dillard Millpond sits six miles off as a quiet mirror for the sky, the true character of the locality is found in the communal persistence of its residents and the simple endurance of the structures they have raised. Life in Colerain moves with a grounded, unassuming gravity, where the weight of the past is not a burden to be carried, but a foundation upon which the steady, quiet work of the present continues to unfold.

About This Colerain Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Colerain, North Carolina. Coordinates: 36.201268, -76.768562. 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 Colerain includes the ZIP code (27924), telephone area code (919, 984), county seat of Bertie County (Windsor), and school district assignment (Bertie 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.