North Carolina · Census place 3725380
Gamewell, North Carolina
Gamewell is a town in Caldwell County, North Carolina with an estimated 3,699 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 192nd largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,699
- #192 of 335 in North Carolina
- Change since 2020
- +0.1%
- +4 people
- Land area
- 8.1 sq mi
- Density
- 456 / sq mi
- State median 1,316
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Gamewell population, 2020 to 2024
Gamewell added 4 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +8.
Gamewell covers 8.11 square miles of land, for 456 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Gamewell is less dense than the typical town.
What county Gamewell is in
All of Gamewell's residents live in Caldwell County, which had 80,739 residents in 2024. Gamewell holds 4.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Gamewell
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Gamewell by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28645. 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 Gamewell is
The Census internal point of Gamewell is at 35.864000, -81.597800. Raleigh, the capital, is 165.9 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lenoir, NC (18,280 people), 5.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Charlotte, NC, 62.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.864000, -81.597800
- DMS
- 35°51'50.40"N 81°35'52.08"W
- UTM
- 17N 446029.0E 3969029.2N
- Geohash
- dnmup0y6c
- Plus code
- 867WVC72+JV
Daylight in Gamewell
At 35.86° N, Gamewell gets about 14 h 36 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 43 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Gamewell
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Cajah's Mountain, 3.6 miles away, with 2,699 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Gamewell, NC?
3,699 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 4 (0.1%) from 3,695 in July 2020.
What county is Gamewell in?
Caldwell County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Gamewell?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 28645.
How far is Gamewell from Raleigh?
165.9 miles (266.9 km) in a straight line, heading E from Gamewell.
What is the nearest larger city to Gamewell?
Lenoir, NC, with 18,280 residents, 5.1 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.