North Carolina · Census place 3742020

Maxton, North Carolina

Maxton is a town in 2 counties of North Carolina with an estimated 2,136 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 254th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,136
#254 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020
+1.3%
+28 people
Land area
2.7 sq mi
Density
791 / sq mi
State median 1,316
Orange pin: Maxton. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Raleigh.

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Maxton population, 2020 to 2024

Maxton added 28 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.3%. In the latest year it moved by +14.

2,10820202,10420212,10720222,12220232,1362024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,111. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Maxton covers 2.70 square miles of land, for 791 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Maxton is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Maxton spans

Maxton crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 2,136 residents as follows; Robeson County holds 90.2% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Robeson County1,926
  2. 02Scotland County210
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Maxton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Maxton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28364. 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 Maxton is

The Census internal point of Maxton is at 34.736500, -79.352700. Raleigh, the capital, is 82.6 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Laurinburg, NC (15,130 people), 7.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fayetteville, NC, 32.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.736500, -79.352700
DMS
34°44'11.40"N 79°21'9.72"W
UTM
17N 650806.5E 3845058.0N
Geohash
dnptd794u
Plus code
8762PJPW+JW

Daylight in Maxton

At 34.74° N, Maxton gets about 14 h 29 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 49 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Maxton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Laurinburg, 7.3 miles away, with 15,130 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Maxton, NC?

2,136 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 28 (1.3%) from 2,108 in July 2020.

What county is Maxton in?

It spans 2 counties: Robeson County (1,926 residents), Scotland County (210 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Maxton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 28364.

How far is Maxton from Raleigh?

82.6 miles (132.9 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Maxton.

What is the nearest larger city to Maxton?

Laurinburg, NC, with 15,130 residents, 7.3 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.