Explore La Grange, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for La Grange, 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 La Grange.
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 | La Grange |
| State | North Carolina (NC) |
| County | Lenoir County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 35.306829 |
| Longitude | -77.788034 |
| Population | 2,595 |
| Density | 435.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 28551 |
| Area Code | 910 |
| County Seat | Kinston |
| School District | Lenoir County Schools |
La Grange occupies a stretch of level, fertile earth where the horizon remains wide and unencumbered by the jagged interruptions of distant peaks. It lies 12.0 miles west-northwest of Kinston, NC (from Kinston, NC: bearing 285°T), and is situated 7.2 miles east-southeast of Elroy. The air here holds the heavy, sweet scent of damp soil and sun-warmed pine, a stillness that seems to gather in the hollows near Moseley Creek, which marks the quiet boundary of the land just a mile away. Light shifts across the Town of LaGrange - Town of LaGrange Community Park with a slow, deliberate grace, casting long shadows over the grass that hint at the immense, flat plains stretching out toward the distant depression of Picadilly Bay.
La Grange preserves a character forged by generations of labor in the surrounding fields, where the legacy of tobacco cultivation remains a silent witness to the economic shifts of the agrarian landscape. Life moves with the steady, predictable cadence of the seasons, far removed from the frantic pace of larger hubs, yet linked to the broader currents of commerce that have long defined this inland region. While the memories of the past reside in the architecture of the older streets, the present is defined by the resilience of those who continue to work the land and sustain the local economy. At dusk, the sky over La Grange softens into a bruised plum color, reflecting a persistent, quiet dignity that exists in the simple geometry of the fields and the endurance of the local spirit.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of La Grange, North Carolina. Coordinates: 35.306829, -77.788034. 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 La Grange includes the ZIP code (28551), telephone area code (910), county seat of Lenoir County (Kinston), and school district assignment (Lenoir County Schools).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |