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Hobgood North Carolina Map

Explore Hobgood, North Carolina, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Hobgood, North Carolina

How to Use This Hobgood, North Carolina Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Hobgood, North Carolina. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of North Carolina or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Hobgood.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Hobgood
State	North Carolina (NC)
County	Halifax County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	36.029879
Longitude	-77.397746
Population	268
Density	100.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	27843
Area Code	919, 984
County Seat	Halifax
School District	Halifax County Schools

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About Hobgood, North Carolina

Hobgood is a locality in Halifax County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 268. The population density is 100.1 people per km². Hobgood is located at 36.0299°N, 77.3977°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Hobgood is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 27843.

Hobgood emerges from the flat, fertile expanse of the North Carolina plains, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a sky that seems to press closer to the earth at dusk. It lies 12.0 miles northeast of Tarboro, NC (from Tarboro, NC: bearing 40°T), and is situated 7.0 miles south of Scotland Neck. Moisture hangs heavy in the air near the low-lying basin of Etheridge Swamp, a two-mile reach of dense, shadowed vegetation that defines the damp, rich character of the local soil. Beyond the immediate fields, the landscape remains stubbornly level, offering no grand elevations to break the view, save for the distant, faint silhouette of Ahoskie Ridge far to the northwest. The light here has a way of thickening in the late afternoon, turning the wide, plowed furrows a deep, bruised violet before the evening settles into a profound and quiet stillness.

Agriculture has long dictated the rhythm of Hobgood, anchoring its history in the cultivation of crops that thrive in the heat and the stubborn, dark loam. The economy remains tethered to this cycle of planting and harvest, a quiet persistence that has endured long after the early days of settlement. Residents look toward the Roanoke River Bottomlands Megasite, just six miles away, as a reminder of the vast, untamed timberland that once blanketed this entire region before the arrival of the plow. While the pace of life remains deliberate and measured, the influence of the land is absolute, shaping a community that values the solidity of the earth beneath its feet. Far from the distractions of the coast, Hobgood maintains a singular focus, sustained by the proximity of Whites Millpond and the deep, silent productivity of the fields that surround it.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Roanoke River Bottomlands Megasite (Conservation Area) — 6.3 mi, 023° NE
Rock Museum (Museum) — 6.4 mi, 347° N
Town of Scotland Neck - Ball Park (Local Recreation) — 6.7 mi, 354° N
Lower Fishing Creek Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 7.6 mi, 291° W
Roanoke River Wetlands Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 8.5 mi, 055° NE
Lower Roanoke River (Conservation Area) — 9.1 mi, 053° NE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 11.6 mi, 216° SW
Blount-Bridgers House (Gallery) — 11.7 mi, 222° SW
Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.8 mi, 106° E · 43k acres
Town of Tarboro Open Space - Indian Lake Park (Local Recreation) — 12.0 mi, 231° SW
Parkhill Cinema 3 (Cinema) — 12.8 mi, 226° SW
Pinetops War Memorial (Monument) — 21.4 mi, 220° SW
Martin Luther King Jr. (Monument) — 22.1 mi, 256° W
It's A Zoo Life (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 22.8 mi, 223° SW
Indian Woods (Monument) — 23.1 mi, 108° E
NC Museum of Natural Sciences at Greenville (Museum) — 29.1 mi, 178° S
Royal Palace Theatre (Cinema) — 29.2 mi, 333° NW
Medoc Mountain State Park (State Park) — 30.2 mi, 301° NW
Medoc Mountain Canoe & Kayak access (Attraction) — 31.5 mi, 300° NW
Paramount Theatre - Community Theatre (Theatre) — 31.7 mi, 199° S
Wilson Theatre (Theatre) — 35.6 mi, 234° SW
Barnes Corner Gallery (Gallery) — 35.7 mi, 234° SW
Chowan Swamp State Natural Area (State Park) — 37.8 mi, 049° NE
Bear-ology (Museum) — 37.9 mi, 107° E
Extreme Action Park (Attraction) — 39.1 mi, 153° SE
North Carolina Museum of Natural Science - Contentnea Creek (Museum) — 41.0 mi, 186° S
Nooherooka Monument, Snow Hill (Museum) — 41.6 mi, 206° SW
Fort Neroka (Attraction) — 41.6 mi, 206° SW
Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 48.0 mi, 113° SE · 230k acres
Croatan National Forest (National Forest) — 70.0 mi, 168° S · 162k acres

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