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Youngsville North Carolina Map

Explore Youngsville, 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 Youngsville, North Carolina

How to Use This Youngsville, North Carolina Map

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

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.

CityYoungsville
StateNorth Carolina (NC)
CountyFranklin County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude36.021109
Longitude-78.487257
Population2,016
Density424.6 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code27596
Area Code919, 984
County SeatLouisburg
School DistrictFranklin County Schools

About Youngsville, North Carolina

Youngsville is a locality in Franklin County, North Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,016. The population density is 424.6 people per km². Youngsville is located at 36.0211°N, 78.4873°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Youngsville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 27596.

Youngsville occupies a quiet expanse of the Piedmont, where the land stretches out in steady, rhythmic swells of red clay and dense woodland. It lies 3.7 miles north-northeast of Wake Forest, NC (from Wake Forest, NC: bearing 32°T), and is situated 7.1 miles north of Rolesville. Sunlight filters through the canopy to illuminate the quiet corridors of Mitchell Park, where the stillness of the afternoon is broken only by the occasional rustle of pine needles. The hydrology of the region is defined by the gentle persistence of Little River, which carves a path through the earth just a mile away, feeding the quiet waters of Willowhaven Lake Number Two. On the distant horizon, the faint, hazy silhouette of Poplar Ridge offers a sharp reminder of the elevation changes that define the broader geography of the interior.

Youngsville maintains a character forged in the legacy of the agrarian South, shifting from the deep-rooted cultivation of tobacco to a modern existence that favors a slower, deliberate pace. The economy here has evolved alongside the state’s industrial transitions, moving past the heavy textile mills of earlier decades toward a quiet, residential stability that values local commerce over rapid expansion. The air in Youngsville often carries the faint, sweet scent of damp soil and drying timber, a sensory marker of a place that remains deeply connected to the cycle of the seasons. Residents move through the day with a grounded courtesy, acknowledging the weight of the past while building a life that remains tethered to the steady, inland rhythm of the North Carolina landscape.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Luddy Park (Local Park) — 0.0 mi, 002° N
  • Mitchell Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 106° E
  • Town of Wake Forest Greenway - Richland Creek Greenway (Local Recreation) — 0.9 mi, 229° SW
  • Richland Creek Greenway (Local Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 229° SW
  • Haunted Forest At Panic Point (Attraction) — 1.6 mi, 073° E
  • Wake County Open Space Land (Local Recreation) — 1.8 mi, 217° SW
  • Hill Ridge Farms (Attraction) — 2.6 mi, 098° E
  • Wake Forest Resovoir (Local Conservation Area) — 2.7 mi, 170° S
  • Wake Forest Art & Frame Gallery (Gallery) — 3.2 mi, 203° SW
  • Wake Forest Renaissance Centre (Arts Centre) — 3.4 mi, 200° S
  • Aquarium Outfitters Carolina (Aquarium) — 3.8 mi, 205° SW
  • Storage Sense (Attraction) — 3.9 mi, 229° SW
  • Veteran's Memorial of Wake Forest (Monument) — 4.9 mi, 186° S
  • Butner-Falls of Neuse Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 5.1 mi, 235° SW
  • Falls Lake (Recreation Area) — 5.7 mi, 237° SW
  • Tar River Land Conservancy Preserve (Conservation Area) — 6.2 mi, 101° E
  • Marquee Cinemas (Cinema) — 6.3 mi, 209° SW
  • Falls Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 7.8 mi, 258° W
  • Wolf Head (Public Artwork) — 8.1 mi, 213° SW
  • Mitchell Mill State Natural Area (State Park) — 8.5 mi, 141° SE
  • Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 8.9 mi, 300° NW
  • Piper Lights Display (Attraction) — 10.2 mi, 170° S
  • Eiffel Tower Replica (Monument) — 11.5 mi, 221° SW
  • Confederate Memorial Drinking Fountain (Monument) — 11.7 mi, 063° NE
  • Bull Riding (Theatre) — 11.9 mi, 197° S
  • Jones Performing Arts Center, Louisburg College Auditorium (Theatre) — 12.1 mi, 062° NE
  • North Raleigh Arts & Creative Theatre (Arts Centre) — 13.4 mi, 226° SW
  • Regal North Hills Stadium 14 (Cinema) — 15.4 mi, 214° SW
  • Lassiter Mill (Historic Ruins) — 16.2 mi, 214° SW
  • William B. Umstead State Park (State Park) — 17.0 mi, 239° SW

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About This Youngsville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Youngsville, North Carolina. Coordinates: 36.021109, -78.487257. 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 Youngsville includes the ZIP code (27596), telephone area code (919, 984), county seat of Franklin County (Louisburg), and school district assignment (Franklin 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.