Porters Neck, North Carolina

Porters Neck is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in New Hanover County, North Carolina, 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 U.S. Census Bureau, the community has an area of ; of its area is land, and is water.