Halifax North Carolina Map

About Halifax, North Carolina

Halifax is a locality in Halifax County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 170. The population density is 143.6 people per km². Halifax is located at 36.3285°N, 77.5894°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Halifax is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 27839.

Halifax emerges from the flat, pine-shadowed plains of the Roanoke Valley, defined by the slow, amber-tinted waters of Quankey Creek that carve a quiet path through the soil. It lies 9.9 miles south-southeast of Roanoke Rapids, NC (from Roanoke Rapids, NC: bearing 159°T), and is situated 10.4 miles southeast of South Rosemary. The land here holds a heavy, humid stillness, where the low-slung horizon remains unbroken by the distant, hazy silhouette of the Ahoskie Ridge thirty-four miles to the north. Sunlight filters through the dense canopy of hardwoods, illuminating the dust motes that dance above the damp earth, while the proximity of the Northampton County Open Space ensures a persistent, wild quietude at the periphery of the fields. Three miles away, the surface of Pearces Pond remains a dark, polished mirror, undisturbed save for the occasional ripple of a wading bird or the sudden plunge of a bass.

Halifax retains the weathered dignity of a place where the foundational weight of early political assembly lingers in the brickwork of its older structures. Once a center of colonial agitation and legislative fervor, the local economy long ago transitioned from the sharp, labor-intensive cycles of tobacco cultivation into a more tempered rhythm of agriculture and timber management. The character of the people is forged in the enduring patterns of the seasons, where the scent of cured leaves and damp pine needles marks the passage of time more reliably than any clock. On quiet afternoons, the air carries a resonant, humid clarity, reflecting a social landscape that values the unhurried exchange of courtesies and a deep, unspoken tether to the specific, fertile dirt of the bottomlands.

About This Halifax Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Halifax, North Carolina. Coordinates: 36.328486, -77.58942. 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 Halifax includes the ZIP code (27839), telephone area code (919, 984), county seat of Halifax County (Halifax), and school district assignment (Weldon City 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.