Explore Magnolia, 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 Magnolia, 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 Magnolia.
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 | Magnolia |
| State | North Carolina (NC) |
| County | Duplin County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 34.896248 |
| Longitude | -78.053284 |
| Population | 831 |
| Density | 300.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 28655, 28453 |
| Area Code | 828, 910 |
| County Seat | Kenansville |
| School District | Duplin County Schools |
Magnolia reveals itself through a landscape of quiet, flat expanses where the earth holds the warmth of the sun long after the light has begun to fade. It lies 33.9 miles south of Goldsboro, NC (from Goldsboro, NC: bearing 186°T), and is situated 7.4 miles south-southeast of Warsaw. The horizon remains wide and unobstructed, save for the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge rising against the western sky like a promise of higher ground. Water marks the peripheral boundaries of this terrain, with the steady, unassuming presence of Beaverdam Branch carving a modest path through the woods just a mile away, while the still, reflective surface of Johnsons Lake offers a tranquil mirror to the sky only two miles to the east. Within the center of the grid, the Town of Magnolia Open Space provides a sanctuary of grass and shade, grounding the local geography in a patch of earth dedicated to the simple act of being.
Magnolia carries the weight of a long agricultural inheritance, having grown from soil that once favored the golden leaves of tobacco and the steady labor of the fields. The economy here has shifted with the seasons of history, moving from the rhythmic pulse of agrarian life toward a contemporary stillness that values the endurance of its people over the frantic pace of rapid development. A distinct, courteous gravity defines the daily interactions of those who move through these streets, reflecting a heritage shaped by the proximity of the fertile Rockfish Meadows and the resilience required to thrive in a land defined by its inland isolation. Every porch and weathered storefront in Magnolia speaks to a life lived in accordance with the slow, deliberate turn of the year, where tradition is not a static relic, but a living practice woven into the quiet, steady work of the present day.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Magnolia, North Carolina. Coordinates: 34.896248, -78.053284. 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 Magnolia includes the ZIP code (28655, 28453), telephone area code (828, 910), county seat of Duplin County (Kenansville), and school district assignment (Duplin 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. |