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Columbus County, North Carolina
Columbus County stretches across the coastal plain of southeastern North Carolina between Wilmington and the South Carolina line, with Whiteville as the seat and Lake Waccamaw and Tabor City as its other centers. Agriculture and timber dominate its nearly 1,000 square miles, and low land prices along US 74/I-74 are pulling rural-residential and industrial-site interest west from the faster-growing Wilmington market.
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Columbus County at a glance
- 51,000Population (2025)
- WhitevilleCounty seat
- 938 sq miLand area
- 54 / sq miDensity
- $49,000Median household income
- $145,000Median home value
What the live Columbus County map shows
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- City Boundaries: 10
- School Boundaries - Elementary: 8
- School Boundaries - Middle: 3
- School Boundaries - High: 4
- Congressional Districts: 1
- Soils: 95
- State House Districts: 4
- State Senate Districts: 3
Cities and towns in Columbus County
Boardman, Bolton, Brunswick, Cerro Gordo, Chadbourn, Fair Bluff, Lake Waccamaw, Sandyfield, Tabor City, Whiteville.
Neighboring counties
- Brunswick County, NC · map
- Horry County, SC · map
- Bladen County, NC · map
- Robeson County, NC · map
- Dillon County, SC · map
- Pender County, NC · map