Jackson Heights North Carolina Map

About Jackson Heights, North Carolina

Jackson Heights is a locality in Lenoir County, North Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,071. The population density is 284.6 people per km². Jackson Heights is located at 35.2236°N, 77.6333°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 28504.

Jackson Heights emerges from the quiet, red-clay expanse of the Piedmont where the earth holds the warmth of the sun long after the light begins to fail. It lies 4.0 miles southwest of Kinston, NC (from Kinston, NC: bearing 227°T), and is situated 17.6 miles east-southeast of Elroy. The landscape surrounding Jackson Heights is defined by the steady, rhythmic passage of Peter Creek, which carves a modest path through the soil, providing a reliable drink for the surrounding woodlands and fields. To the north, the terrain rises into subtle, verdant swells that catch the amber glow of the late afternoon, casting long, lean shadows across the pastures. Three miles to the east, the stillness of Ketchum Pond offers a mirror to the sky, its surface often undisturbed save for the ripple of a dragonfly or the occasional settling of migratory birds. The air here carries a heavy, sweet scent of pine and damp earth, a sensory tether to a land that has been worked by hand and plow for generations.

History in Jackson Heights is measured not in monuments, but in the enduring cycle of the harvest and the persistent hum of the inland economy. Long anchored by the legacy of tobacco cultivation and the quiet industry of local textiles, the region retains a deliberate, steady pace that favors the deliberate over the frantic. Residents often find their way toward the City of Kinston - Kinston Music Park, three miles away, where the echoes of the regional ballad tradition linger in the open air, reminding the listener of the deep-seated cultural threads that bind these rural corridors together. While the distant, blue-tinted horizons suggest the rugged shifts of the west, the reality of Jackson Heights remains firmly rooted in the steady, agrarian traditions of the center. Life here moves with a quiet gravity, where a neighbor’s greeting carries the weight of a long-standing promise and the land itself dictates the rhythm of the day.

About This Jackson Heights Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Jackson Heights, North Carolina. Coordinates: 35.2236, -77.6333. 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 Jackson Heights includes the ZIP code (28504), telephone area code (910), county seat of Lenoir County (Kinston), and school district assignment (Lenoir 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.