Explore Walstonburg, 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 Walstonburg, 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 Walstonburg.
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 | Walstonburg |
| State | North Carolina (NC) |
| County | Greene County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 35.594604 |
| Longitude | -77.69692 |
| Population | 193 |
| Density | 183.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 27888 |
| Area Code | 919, 984 |
| County Seat | Snow Hill |
| School District | Greene County Schools |
Walstonburg remains a quiet expanse of flat, dark earth where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a heavy, humid sky. It lies 15.1 miles southeast of Wilson, NC (from Wilson, NC: bearing 125°T), and is situated 6.3 miles west of Farmville. The landscape is defined by the steady, industrious pulse of agriculture, where fields of crops absorb the golden light of late afternoon, turning the soil into a mosaic of deep umber and emerald. A mile from the center of Walstonburg, the tangled vegetation of Lighter Knot Swamp marks the low-lying drainage of the region, where the air grows thick with the scent of damp earth and decaying leaves. Though the terrain remains largely level, the distant suggestion of The Hill rises nineteen miles away, a faint silhouette against the shifting gray clouds that drift across the plains.
History in Walstonburg is written in the furrows of the fields and the endurance of the local farming families who have cultivated this land for generations. The economy persists as a product of the soil, maintaining a pace dictated by the seasonal requirements of planting and harvest rather than the frantic tempo of industry. Residents occasionally venture six miles to the Town of Saratoga - Saratoga Town Park for a change of scenery, or look toward the quiet waters of Archie Ellis Pond seven miles away for respite. Life here follows the deliberate, courteous rhythm of the inland plains, a persistent dedication to the craft of the land that has defined the character of Walstonburg since its earliest days.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Walstonburg, North Carolina. Coordinates: 35.594604, -77.69692. 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 Walstonburg includes the ZIP code (27888), telephone area code (919, 984), county seat of Greene County (Snow Hill), and school district assignment (Greene 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. |