Winfall North Carolina Map

About Winfall, North Carolina

Winfall is a locality in Perquimans County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 555. The population density is 92.8 people per km². Winfall is located at 36.2116°N, 76.4567°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Winfall is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 27985, 27944.

Winfall emerges from the flat, humid expanse of the coastal plain as a quiet anchor of timber and field. It lies 13.0 miles west-southwest of Elizabeth City, NC (from Elizabeth City, NC: bearing 246°T), and is situated 13.7 miles northeast of Edenton. The air here holds a heavy, salt-tinged moisture, a lingering breath from the Atlantic Ocean only ten miles to the east, which softens the edges of the horizon. To the west, the faint, hazy shadow of Sandy Ridge provides a subtle contrast to the otherwise level terrain that defines the local topography. The Perquimans River traces a slow, dark path just a mile away, its waters moving with a deliberate, sluggish grace through the low-lying fields. Nearby, the Perquimans County Open Space offers a sanctuary of native grasses and pines, while the distant, marshy silhouette of Crow Point Island breaks the surface of the waterways, marking the transition where the land yields to the tidal influence of the coast.

Winfall maintains a character shaped by the steady, cyclical labor of agriculture and the quiet endurance of its earliest families. The economy has long relied on the bounty of the soil, with wide, furrowed fields that catch the golden, slanted light of late afternoon, signaling a rhythm of harvest that dictates the passage of the seasons. While Dillard Millpond sits eleven miles away as a serene reminder of the region’s reliance on water-driven heritage, the daily life in Winfall remains grounded in the present, marked by the steady hum of commerce and the slow movement of local traffic. There is a distinct, unhurried quality to the afternoons here, where the sun reflects off the river and the shade of the trees provides a necessary respite from the heat, preserving a singular, modest dignity in the way the day unfolds.

About This Winfall Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Winfall, North Carolina. Coordinates: 36.211603, -76.456674. 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 Winfall includes the ZIP code (27985, 27944), telephone area code (919, 984), county seat of Perquimans County (Hertford), and school district assignment (Perquimans County Schools).

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.