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Whiteville North Carolina Map

Explore Whiteville, 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 Whiteville, North Carolina

How to Use This Whiteville, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	34.33878
Longitude	-78.703072
Population	4,766
Density	332.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	28472
Area Code	910
County Seat	Whiteville
School District	Whiteville City Schools

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About Whiteville, North Carolina

Whiteville is a locality in Columbus County, North Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,766. The population density is 332.0 people per km². Whiteville is located at 34.3388°N, 78.7031°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Whiteville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 28472.

Whiteville rises from the flat, pine-shadowed plains of the interior, where the horizon stretches wide and the air holds a heavy, humid stillness. It lies 26.0 miles southeast of Lumberton, NC (from Lumberton, NC: bearing 138°T), and is situated 16.5 miles northeast of Tabor City. A mile from the center of Whiteville, the dark, slow-moving waters of Mollie Branch cut through the dense undergrowth, feeding the damp earth that characterizes the surrounding lowlands. To the west, the faint, hazy silhouette of Council Ridge marks the distance, while closer at hand, the terrain dips into the low-lying basin of Juniper Bay. Only three miles away, the quiet surface of Richardson Millpond reflects the sky, acting as a mirror for the towering hardwoods that stand guard over the nearby Unknow Park. The sunlight here has a particular weight, pressing down on the fields at midday before softening into a bruised violet glow that settles over the fields as evening approaches.

Agriculture and the steady pulse of local commerce have defined the identity of Whiteville for generations, grounding the daily lives of residents in the cycles of the harvest and the persistent demands of trade. Where the earth is rich and black, rows of crops once dominated the economic landscape, reflecting a history deeply tied to the labor of the soil and the transformation of raw natural resources into stable livelihoods. The architecture of the older streets reveals a lingering devotion to functional brick and weathered timber, speaking to a time when the rails and roads served as the primary arteries of regional prosperity. Today, the pace of life remains deliberate, moving with the measured cadence of a place that values its own quiet endurance over the frantic speed of larger centers. People here recognize one another in the aisles of local markets and across the open squares, maintaining a social cohesion that feels as persistent and deep-rooted as the forests that border the town.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Unknow Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 090° E
City of Whiteville - Whiteville City Park (Local Recreation) — 0.9 mi, 135° SE
City of Whiteville - West Whiteville Park (Local Recreation) — 1.0 mi, 213° SW
White Marsh Swamp Preserve (Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 011° N
Lake Waccamaw State Park (State Park) — 8.5 mi, 103° E
The Farmer's Barn (Attraction) — 8.9 mi, 228° SW
North Carolina Coastal Land Trust - Waccamaw River Preserve (Conservation Area) — 11.1 mi, 134° SE
Lumber River State Park (State Park) — 14.5 mi, 303° NW
Juniper Creek Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 15.6 mi, 136° SE
Griffin's Whirl (Viewpoint) — 17.2 mi, 282° W
Whitehall Plantation Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 19.6 mi, 051° NE
Bladen Lakes State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 20.1 mi, 033° NE
The County Farm Museum (Museum) — 20.4 mi, 230° SW
South Carolina Tobacco Museum (Museum) — 32.8 mi, 254° W
Ingram Planetarium (Museum) — 32.8 mi, 158° S
Old Bridge Museum (Museum) — 33.3 mi, 161° S
Bird Island Coastal Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 33.3 mi, 164° S
OIB Sign (Public Artwork) — 34.4 mi, 154° SE
Patriot (Grady) Monument (Attraction) — 34.7 mi, 076° E
Loyalist Monument (Attraction) — 34.7 mi, 076° E
Moore Monument (Attraction) — 34.7 mi, 076° E
Ben Collins Monument (Monument) — 39.4 mi, 211° SW
Our Confederate Dead memorial (Monument) — 39.9 mi, 210° SW
Conway Critter - Rabbit (Monument) — 39.9 mi, 210° SW
Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 39.9 mi, 209° SW · 35k acres
Theatre of the Republic (Theatre) — 39.9 mi, 210° SW
Red Springs Historical Museum (Museum) — 42.3 mi, 321° NW
Live Oak Bank Pavilion (Theatre) — 43.4 mi, 098° E
Wilma W. Daniels Gallery (Gallery) — 43.6 mi, 098° E
Cape Fear Serpentarium (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 43.7 mi, 099° E

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