Porters Neck is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the count ...

in New Hanover County,

North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and ...

, United States. Its population was 6,204 as of the 2010 census.

History

William B. Gould was enslaved on Nicholas Nixon's plantation on Porters Neck before escaping in 1862.

Geography

According to the

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, the community has an area of ; of its area is land, and is water.

Demographics

References

Unincorporated communities in New Hanover County, North Carolina Unincorporated communities in North Carolina Census-designated places in New Hanover County, North Carolina Census-designated places in North Carolina {{NewHanoverCountyNC-geo-stub