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Severn North Carolina Map

Explore Severn, 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 Severn, North Carolina

How to Use This Severn, North Carolina Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Severn, 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 Severn.

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	Severn
State	North Carolina (NC)
County	Northampton County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	36.515152
Longitude	-77.189689
Population	191
Density	72.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	27877, 27862
Area Code	919, 984
County Seat	Jackson
School District	Northampton County Schools

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About Severn, North Carolina

Severn is a locality in Northampton County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 191. The population density is 72.9 people per km². Severn is located at 36.5152°N, 77.1897°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Severn is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 27877, 27862.

Severn claims a quiet corner of the North Carolina landscape where the earth settles into a tapestry of level fields and dense, stubborn woodlands. It lies 26.1 miles east of Roanoke Rapids, NC (from Roanoke Rapids, NC: bearing 82°T), and is situated 7.1 miles northwest of Murfreesboro. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness during the long afternoons, when the light turns a deep, syrupy gold and catches the dust rising from the unpaved edges of the roads. Only a mile away, the Meherrin River carves a slow, deliberate path through the dark soil, its banks shaded by ancient hardwoods that have stood long enough to witness the changing seasons of the flat, inland plains. On the distant horizon, the faint, hazy outline of Chestnut Ridge marks the limit of the sky, a reminder of the rising country that sits far to the west of these low-lying timberlands.

Severn carries the weight of a long agricultural lineage, where the cycles of planting and harvest have dictated the pace of life for generations. The economy remains tethered to the land, rooted in the cultivation of crops that thrive in this rich, loamy earth, far removed from the clamor of industrial centers. A few miles out, the North Carolina Coastal Land Trust - Goodwood Preserve offers a sanctuary of protected forest, preserving a sliver of the wild character that once defined this entire territory before the arrival of the rail lines and the small storefronts that define the center of Severn. Life here moves with a steady, predictable gravity, marked by the simple, enduring labor of those who remain to tend the fields and the quiet endurance of a place that asks for little more than time.

Nearby Outdoor Places

North Carolina Coastal Land Trust - Goodwood Preserve (Conservation Area) — 4.9 mi, 283° W
Historic Preservation Foundation of North Carolina Preserve (Conservation Area) — 6.6 mi, 140° SE
Murfreesboro Veterans War Monument (Monument) — 7.0 mi, 134° SE
North Carolina Safe Harbor Agreement - Red-cockaded Woodpecker (State Conservation Area) — 9.1 mi, 232° SW
Northampton County Open Space (Local Recreation) — 10.4 mi, 277° W
Chowan Swamp Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 10.5 mi, 109° E
Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia Community House and Interpretive Center (Museum) — 13.2 mi, 357° N
Cypress Bridge (State Wilderness) — 13.7 mi, 036° NE
South Quay Sandhills (State Wilderness) — 16.4 mi, 081° E
Chowan Swamp State Natural Area (State Park) — 19.0 mi, 117° SE
Greensville County-Emporia Historical Museum (Museum) — 22.8 mi, 301° NW
Confederate Cemetery (Monument) — 23.8 mi, 257° W
Joseph Montfort Burial Site (Monument) — 25.7 mi, 240° SW
Merchants Millpond State Park (State Park) — 25.9 mi, 107° E
Royal Palace Theatre (Cinema) — 26.1 mi, 253° W
Rock Museum (Museum) — 30.2 mi, 206° SW
Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 35.0 mi, 093° E · 228k acres
Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 35.9 mi, 179° S · 43k acres
Red Thread Studio (Gallery) — 36.7 mi, 066° NE
Brunswick County Museum (Museum) — 40.1 mi, 295° NW
Petersburg National Battlefield Park (National Park) — 41.5 mi, 343° N · 212 acres
Medoc Mountain Canoe & Kayak access (Attraction) — 42.7 mi, 246° SW
The Arts Center (Gallery) — 44.5 mi, 044° NE
Perquimans County History Museum (Museum) — 46.1 mi, 119° SE
Perquimans Arts League (Arts Centre) — 46.1 mi, 119° SE
Blount-Bridgers House (Gallery) — 46.5 mi, 205° SW
Parkhill Cinema 3 (Cinema) — 47.3 mi, 206° SW
Confederate winter quarters (Historic Ruins) — 48.6 mi, 341° N
Totem Pole (Public Artwork) — 50.2 mi, 020° N
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 50.4 mi, 071° E

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