Columbus County North Carolina - Government Site
Population: 54,637
Area: 937 square miles
County Seat: Whiteville
Area Code(s) in use: 910
Time Zone: EST
Adjacent counties:
Bladen Brunswick Dillon (SC) Horry (SC) Pender Robeson
Public Records Directory
Court Records and Directory
Airport
Bolton Airport, Columbus County Municipal Airport, Hughes Airport, Rogers Field, Turbeville Airport
Basin
Barbecue Bay
Bay
Big Pond Bay, Flat Bay, Greenhouse Bay, Sawscalpel Bay, Strouds Bay, The Cove, Torry Bay
Bend
Devils Elbow
Bridge
Big Creek Bridge, Big Cypress Bridge, Boggy Branch Bridge, Cane Break Bridges, Cypress Creek Bridges, Eddie Ford Bridges, Nellie Ford Bridge, Peniten Bridges, Pleasant Plains Bridge, Pole Bridge, Ramsey Ford Bridges, Sand Pit Bridge, Seven Creek Bridges, Simmons Bay Bridge, Stanley Ford Bridge
Building
Bolton Police Department, Chadbourn Police Department, Columbus County Courthouse, Columbus County Law Enforcement, Columbus County Sheriff's Administration, Columbus County Sheriff's Office, Fair Bluff Police Department, Lake Waccamaw Police Department, North Carolina State Highway Patrol, Tabor City Police Department, Whiteville City Hall, Whiteville Police Department
Canal
Cove Canal, Harlem Canal, Kings Bluff Aqueduct, Lateral Canal D, Lateral Canal E, Lateral Canal F, Lateral Canal G, Lateral Canal H, Line Canal, Peniten Canal, Strauss Canal
Cape
Betsy Burgh Island, Bush Island, Long Island, Pate Neck
Cemetery
Atkinson Cemetery, Batten Cemetery, Belle View Cemetery, Benevolent Cemetery, Bethel Cemetery, Blackmon Cemetery, Brandh Cemetery, Browns Cemetery, Buie Cemetery, Bullard Cemetery, Callihan Cemetery, Cartrette Cemetery, Chadbourn Cemetery, Cherry Grove Cemetery, Clewis Cemetery, Coleman Cemetery, Coleman Cemetery, Columbus Country Memorial Park, Cox Cemetery, Cribb Cemetery, Cribb Cemetery, Duncan Cemetery, Edwards Cemetery, Ellis Cemetery, Etheridge Cemetery, Faison Cemetery, Field Cemetery, Flynn Cemetery, Formyduval Cemetery, Fowler Cemetery, Gapway Cemetery, Godwin Cemetery, Gore Cemetery, Gowans Cemetery, Griffin Cemetery, Hardee Cemetery, Hinson Cemetery, Hinson Cemetery, Jones Cemetery, Lennon Cemetery, Lovett Cemetery, Malpass Cemetery, McEwen Cemetery, McKeithan Cemetery, McPherson Cemetery, Meadow Cemetery, Meares Cemetery, Meares Cemetery, Milligan Cemetery, Mitchellfield Cemetery, Mount Hebron Memorial Park, Mount Moriah Cemetery, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Myrtle Green Cemetery, Norris Cemetery, Norris Cemetery, Owens Cemetery, Pierce Cemetery, Pierce Cemetery, Porters Cemetery, Powell Cemetery, Prince Cemetery, Prince Cemetery, Regar Cemetery, Rogers Cemetery, Ross Cemetery, Saint Stevens Cemetery, Scull Cemetery, Sibbitt Cemetery, Simmons Cemetery, Smith Cemetery, Smith Cemetery, Soles Cemetery, Soles Cemetery, Spivey Cemetery, Stack Cemetery, Stanley Cemetery, Thompson Cemetery, Todd Cemetery, Ward Cemetery, Watts Cemetery, Wells Cemetery, Whiteville Cemetery, Williams Cemetery, Williamson Cemetery, Wright Cemetery
Church
Abraham Church, Antioch Church, Antioch Church, Atkinson Temple, Bethesda Church, Boardman Church, Bristol Creek Church, Campside Church, Cape Fear Church, Cedar Grove Church, Cedar Grove Church, Cedar Hill Church, Central Church, Chadwick Church, Cheerful Hope Church, Cherry Grove Church, China Grove Church, Christ the King Church, Christian Plain Church, Clarendon Church, Corinth Church, Crystal Spring Church, Cypress Branch Church, Dulah Mormon Church, Emmanuel Church, Faith Church, Faith Church, Faith Lighthouse Church, Forest Lawn Church, Gore Chapel, Gores Chapel, Happy Home Church, Highway Church, Honey Hill Church, Ironhill Church, Jerusalem Church, Lebanon Church, Lee Chapel, Livingston Church, Love Grove Church, Macedonia Church, Macedonia Church, Magnolia Church, Mill Branch Church, Mill Branch Church, Mount Calvary Church, Mount Elgrim Church, Mount Hebron Church, Mount Moriah Church, Mount Olive Church, Mount Pleasant Church, Mount Sinai Church, Mount Tabor Church, Mount Zion Church, Mount Zion Church, Mount Zion Church, Mount Zion Church, Nakina Church, New Hope Church, New Light Church, New Light Church, North Whiteside Church, Old Dock Church, Old Zion Church, Open Door Church, Our Lords Chapel, Pages Mill Church, Palmyra Church, Peace Church, Peace United Church, Pine Grove Church, Pine Level Church, Piney Forest Church, Piney Grove Church, Pleasant Hill Church, Pleasant Meadow Church, Pleasant Plains Church, Pleasant Plains Church, Pleasant Union Church, Poley Bridge Church, Porter Swamp Church, Pridgen Church, Primitive Church, Red Hill Church, Rehoboth Church, Riverside Church, Rose Hill Church, Saint James Church, Saint John Church, Saint Paul Church, Saint Paul Church, Sandy Grove Church, Sandy Plain Church, Sandy Plain Church, Shiloh Church, Shiloh Church, Smith Chapel, Smyrna Church, Snowhill Church, Spring Branch Church, Spring Hill Church, Sweet Home Church, Temple Church, Trinity Faith Tabernacle, Union Chapel, Union Church, Union Grove Church, Union Valley Church, Welch Creek Church, Wesley Church, West Whiteville Church, Western Prong Church, Weyman Chapel, White Marsh Church, Zion Church, Zion Plain Church
Civil
Columbus County, Township of Bogue, Township of Bolton, Township of Bug Hill, Township of Cerro Gordo, Township of Chadbourn, Township of Fair Bluff, Township of Lees, Township of Ransom, Township of South Williams, Township of Tatums, Township of Waccamaw, Township of Welches Creek, Township of Western Prong, Township of Whiteville, Township of Williams
Dam
Annetts Pond Dam
Flat
Bennett Little Field, Big Pond Bay, Boege Bay, Brier Bay, Button Bay, Fivemile Bay, Fox Pond Bay, Hell Cat Bay, Juniper Bay, Kentuck Island, Rough Horn Bay, The Opening, Ward Field
Gut
Long Branch, Simmons Bay Creek
Hospital
Columbus County Hospital
Island
Beartrap Island, Beech Island, Big Island, Buck Island, Bush Island, Clifton Island, Cow Pen Island, Hickory Island, Pine Island, Snake Island, Sweetgum Island, Tory Island
Lake
Blackfish Lake (historical), Brights Lake, Broadwater Lake, Gore Lake, Heron Lakes, Joe Lake, Lake Waccamaw, Lewis Lake (historical), Long Lake, Marys Lake, Sand Hill Lake, Sand Pit Bay, Schulkens Pond, The Fishponds
Locale
Aces Landing, Beaver Dam, Blenon Landing, Crusoe Community Hall, Dupree Landing, Honey Field, Lewis Smith Shopping Center, Mitchell Landing, Neils Eddy Landing, Parkers Lower Landing, Parkers Upper Landing, Pridgeons Landing, Rieglewood Shopping Center, South Old Dock, State Prison Camp Number 602, Weavers Landing, Whiteville Plaza
Park
Lake Waccamaw State Park
Plain
Hoy Savanna
Populated Place
Acme, Antioch, Armour, Artesia, Baldwin Woods, Bethel, Big Curve, Bird Cage, Boardman, Bolton, Braswell, Broadway, Brunswick, Buckhead, Bug Hill, Butler Crossroads, Byrdville, Cedar Grove, Cerro Gordo, Chadbourn, Cherry Grove, Clarendon, Clewis Corner, Cribb Town, Cypress Creek, Delco, Dothan, Dulah, East Tabor, Emerson, Evergreen, Evergreen, Fair Bluff, Fairfax Heights, Farmers Union, Fipps Crossing, Freeman, Frink Crossing, Goose Hollow, Gooseneck, Grist, Guide, Guideway, Halls, Hallsboro, Harrelsonville Crossroads, Hickmans Crossroads, Hinson Crossroads, Honey Hill, Ironhill, Jonesboro Crossing, Lake Waccamaw, Lennons Crossroads, Mark Pine, McKenzie Woods, Mollie, Mount Olive, Nakina, Needmore, New Berlin, New Life, Nobles Crossing, Oak Dale Crossroads, Old Dock, Olyphic, Peacocks, Pine Level, Pine Log, Piney Forest Crossroads, Pireway, Pleasant Plains, Poley Bridge Crossing (historical), Potters Curve, Powells Crossing, Prosper, Redbug, Reeves, Ricefield, Rico, Riegelwood, Riverview, Roseland, Runnymeade, Sandy Plain, Sandyfield, Seven Creeks, Sidney, Simmons Bay, Smith Crossing, Snowhill, South Whiteville, Sunset Terrace, Tabor City, Vinegar Hill, Wananish, Ward Corner, Wards, Whites Crossing, Whiteville, Williams, Williams Cross Roads (historical), Williamson Crossroads, Wootens Crossroads, Wyatts Crossroads
Post Office
Olyphic Post Office, Whiteville Post Office
Reservoir
Annetts Pond, Benson Mill Pond, Buffkin Pond, Inmans Lake, Lake Tabor, Meares Millpond, Mill Pond, Richardson Millpond, Richardson Pond
Ridge
Anthony Ridge, Bee Tree Ridge, Beech Island, Big Ridge, Big Sandy Ridge, Clewis Ridge, Council Ridge, Cox Ridge, Grays Ridge, Long Ridge, Long Ridge, Riegel Ridge, Sand Ridge, Schoolhouse Ridge, Tar Barrel
School
Acme Delco Elementary School, Acme Delco Middle School, Artesia School, Boys Home Junior High School, Cerro Gordo Elementary School, Cerro Gordo School, Chadbourn Elementary School, Chadbourn Junior High School, Columbus Christian Academy, Edgewood School, Evergreen Elementary School, Fair Bluff Elementary School, Guideway Elementary School, Hallsboro Elementary School, Hallsboro High School, Hickory Hill School, Nakina High School, Nakina High School, New Hope School, Old Dock Elementary School, Old Dock School, Southeastern Community College, Tabor City Elementary/High School, Tabor City West Junior High School, Waccamaw Academy, Waccamaw Institute, West Columbus High School, Whiteville High School, Whiteville School, Williams Township High School
Stream
Alligator Branch, Bay Branch, Bear Branch, Beaver Dam Swamp, Big Branch, Big Branch, Big Branch, Big Branch, Big Creek, Big Creek, Big Cypress Swamp, Big Fork, Big Fresh Water Branch, Big Pond Branch, Black Creek, Boggy Branch, Boggy Branch, Boggy Branch, Boggy Hill Branch, Bogue Swamp, Brier Creek, Bristol Creek, Browders Branch, Brown Mill Branch, Buckhead Branch, Calf Ford Branch, Calf Ford Branch, Calf Ford Branch, Camp Branch, Camp Swamp, Camp Swamp, Camp Swamp, Cedar Branch, Cedar Branch, Cerro Gordo, Cherry Branch, Coleman Mill Branch, Collarbone Branch, Coopersmith Branch, Cow Bog Branch, Cow Branch, Cowpen Branch, Creek Branch, Crooked Run Branch, Crooked Run Branch, Crooked Run Branch, Curries Branch, Cypress Branch, Cypress Branch, Cypress Branch, Cypress Creek, Dans Creek, Deep Branch, Deep Branch, Deep Branch, Deep Branch, Double Branch, Dunn Swamp, Fivemile Branch, Gapway Swamp, Gore Creek, Graveyard Branch, Gray Branch, Greene Branch, Greenes Branch, Grissett Swamp, Gum Swamp, Gum Swamp, Gum Swamp Run, Hall Branch, Hog Branch, Horse Branch, Horsepen Branch, Huggins Creek, Huggins Creek, Huggins Creek, Ironhill Branch, Jockey Branch, Johns Branch, Juniper Creek, Juniper Swamp, Juniper Swamp, Juniper Swamp, Lebanon Branch, Lindscomb Branch, Little Fresh Water Branch, Little Swamp, Livingston Creek, Loggy Branch, Long Branch, Maple Branch, Mark Pine Canal, Marlow Branch, McClennen Branch, Mill Branch, Mill Branch, Mill Branch, Mill Branch, Mill Branch, Mill Branch, Mill Branch Swamp, Mill Creek, Mill Creek, Mire Branch, Mollie Branch, Mollie Swamp, Monie Swamp, Palmetto Branch, Pine Log Branch, Poplar Branch, Pretty Creek, Puncheon Branch, Rattlesnake Branch, Reedy Branch, Register Branch, Ricefield Branch, Richlands Branch, Rough Horn Branch, Ruddy Branch, Sand Pit Branch, Sasspan Branch, Scippio Swamp, Scott Branch, Sellers Branch, Seven Creeks, Simmons Bay Creek, Simon Branch, Simons Branch, Skeebo Branch, Skeebo Branch, Skeebo Branch, Slab Run, Slades Swamp, Slap Branch, Soules Swamp, Spring Branch, Spring Branch, Spring Branch, Spring Branch, Sweet Water Branch, Tally Branch, Taylor Branch, Terrapin Branch, Toms Fork, Toms Fork, Toms Fork, Trippiloo Creek, Trippiloo Creek, Trippiloo Creek, Troy Mill Branch, Turkeypen Branch, Turner Branch, Uncles Branch, Ward Branch, Ward Branch, Water Branch, Welch Creek, Western Prong, Weyman Creek, Whiskey Swamp, White Marsh, White Oak Branch, Williams Branch, Wolf Trap Branch
Summit
Lynn Hill
Swamp
Barden Bay, Bear Bay, Bear Garden Bay, Bear Pond, Bee Tree Swamp, Beks Bay, Bennett Bay, Big Bay, Big Bay, Big Bay, Big Bay, Bitch Bay, Black Bay, Blackfish Lake, Boggy Swamp, Briery Bay, Buck Slash Bay, Buzzard Bay, Buzzard Bay, Camp Bay, Cattail Bay, Cedar Grove, Club Bay, Cove Swamp, Cow Bay, Cow Pen Bay (historical), Cross Bay, Cross Bay, Cross Swamp, Cypress Bay (historical), Cypress Branch, Cypress Creek Bay, Cypress Pond, Doehead Bay, Double Head Bay, Flat Bay, Fox Bay, Friar Swamp, Gapway Swamp, Gray Swamp, Green Swamp, Gum Swamp, Gum Swamp, Hog Swamp, Honey Bay, Honey Island Swamp, Horne Swamp, Huckleberry Bay, Huggins Bay, Iron Springs Bay, Jackson Bay, Jenrette Bay, King Swamp, Lake Swamp, Lamberts Bay, Lee Lake, Lewis Lake, Little Swamp, Log Pine Bay, Long Bay, Mark Pine Bay, Marsh Bay, McColskey Bay, Meares Bay, Middle Swamp, Pagett Bay, Pine Log Bay, Pine Log Swamp, Porter Swamp, Red Hill Swamp, Ridgepole Swamp, Robin Bay, Sandy Fork Bay, Sawhorn Bay, Scoggin Bay, Simmons Bay, Slap Swamp, Spring Branch Bay, Strauss Swamp, Tarkiln Bay, Ward Bay, Water Hole Bay, Webb Bay, Wild Cattle Swamp, Winnie Moore Bay, Wolf Pen Bay
Tower
WENC-AM (Whiteville), WKSM-FM (Tabor City), WQTR-FM (Whiteville), WTAB-AM (Tabor City), WTXY-AM (Whiteville), WUNJ-TV (Wilmington), WVOE-AM (Chadbourn), WWKO-AM (Fair Bluff)
| Race | Population |
| White |  35,495 |
| Black | 16,784 |
| American Indian | 1,764 |
| Mixed | 419 |
| Asian | 153 |
| Hawaiian & Pacific Islander | 22 |
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