North Carolina · Census place 3711640
Chadbourn, North Carolina
Chadbourn is a town in Columbus County, North Carolina with an estimated 1,528 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 289th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,528
- #289 of 335 in North Carolina
- Change since 2020
- -1.8%
- -28 people
- Land area
- 2.6 sq mi
- Density
- 588 / sq mi
- State median 1,316
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Chadbourn population, 2020 to 2024
Chadbourn lost 28 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.8%. In the latest year it moved by -6.
Chadbourn covers 2.60 square miles of land, for 588 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Chadbourn is less dense than the typical town.
What county Chadbourn is in
All of Chadbourn's residents live in Columbus County, which had 50,054 residents in 2024. Chadbourn holds 3.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Chadbourn
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Chadbourn by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28431. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Chadbourn is
The Census internal point of Chadbourn is at 34.325200, -78.825000. Raleigh, the capital, is 101.1 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Whiteville, NC (4,688 people), 7.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fayetteville, NC, 53.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 34.325200, -78.825000
- DMS
- 34°19'30.72"N 78°49'30.00"W
- UTM
- 17N 700105.5E 3800356.8N
- Geohash
- dnpgq29qu
- Plus code
- 876385GG+32
Daylight in Chadbourn
At 34.33° N, Chadbourn gets about 14 h 27 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 52 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 35 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Chadbourn
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Whiteville, 7.1 miles away, with 4,688 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Chadbourn, NC?
1,528 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 28 (1.8%) from 1,556 in July 2020.
What county is Chadbourn in?
Columbus County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Chadbourn?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 28431.
How far is Chadbourn from Raleigh?
101.1 miles (162.7 km) in a straight line, heading N from Chadbourn.
What is the nearest larger city to Chadbourn?
Whiteville, NC, with 4,688 residents, 7.1 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.