Earl North Carolina Map
Earl, North Carolina — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Earl, Cleveland County.
Interactive Map of Earl, North Carolina
| City | Earl |
| State | North Carolina (NC) |
| County | Cleveland |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 35.193462 |
| Longitude | -81.533147 |
| Population | 309 |
| Density | 164.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Earl, North Carolina
Earl is a locality in Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 309. The population density is 164.5 people per km². Earl is located at 35.1935°N, 81.5331°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 28073.
Earl unfolds across the undulating Piedmont, where the land gently slopes and rises, a landscape softened by decades of cultivation and the slow march of time. It lies 20.1 miles west-south-west of Gastonia, NC (from Gastonia, NC: bearing 256°T), and is situated 6.8 miles south of Shelby. Here, the air carries the faint, sweet scent of pine and the richer, earthier perfume of turning soil, especially potent after a summer rain. The sky often hangs a vast, pale blue, vast enough to make a man feel both lost and found, and the trees – mostly oak and pine – stand sentinel, their leaves rustling with stories the wind whispers through their branches. Even the houses, scattered across this gentle terrain, seem to settle into the land, their porches weathered and welcoming, suggesting lives lived at a steady, deliberate pace. This corner of Cleveland County has long been shaped by the resilience of agriculture, a tradition that still whispers through the fields of corn and cotton that stretch towards the horizon. The economy, once heavily reliant on textile mills that hummed with the industry of generations, now sees a more diversified approach, with local businesses and a growing interest in small-scale farming and craft production. The very soil here, a rich, red clay, has been worked and nurtured, bearing witness to the ebb and flow of fortunes, from the quiet prosperity of the early 20th century to the challenges and adaptations of the present day. Earl carries within it the quiet dignity of places that have seen hardship and endurance, a testament not to grand pronouncements, but to the persistent, everyday efforts of its people.
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About This Earl Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Earl, North Carolina with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. 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 Earl and Cleveland County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Earl is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Earl is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |
