Belhaven, North Carolina

History

The Belhaven City Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.

Healthcare

The community formerly had a hospital, Pungo District Hospital, which opened in 1949. Pantego Creek LLC, the operator, asked for a third party to acquire the hospital as the operator could not pay for the care of the large number of Medicaid and Medicare patients using the hospital. In 2011 Vidant Health acquired the hospital; in 2013 Vidant stated that it was unable to keep the hospital in operation due to poor finances and announced that it was going to close the hospital. Pantego Creek Board closed it in 2014, and it was demolished in 2016. Vidant opened a non-emergency clinic in the area.

Geography

Belhaven is located on the north shore of the Pungo River.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 5.4 km2, of which 4.1 km2 is land and 1.3 km2, or 23.88%, is water.

Climate

|Jan record high F = 82 |Feb record high F = 86 |Mar record high F = 98 |Apr record high F = 94 |May record high F = 105 |Jun record high F = 102 |Jul record high F = 105 |Aug record high F = 106 |Sep record high F = 108 |Oct record high F = 96 |Nov record high F = 85 |Dec record high F = 82

|Jan avg record high F = 71.7 |Feb avg record high F = 74.2 |Mar avg record high F = 80.2 |Apr avg record high F = 86.8 |May avg record high F = 91.1 |Jun avg record high F = 95.2 |Jul avg record high F = 96.0 |Aug avg record high F = 95.1 |Sep avg record high F = 90.7 |Oct avg record high F = 85.4 |Nov avg record high F = 79.9 |Dec avg record high F = 73.9 |year avg record high F = 97.6

|Jan avg record low F = 15.9 |Feb avg record low F = 21.2 |Mar avg record low F = 25.8 |Apr avg record low F = 34.0 |May avg record low F = 44.8 |Jun avg record low F = 54.9 |Jul avg record low F = 61.7 |Aug avg record low F = 59.4 |Sep avg record low F = 49.9 |Oct avg record low F = 38.1 |Nov avg record low F = 28.9 |Dec avg record low F = 20.8 |year avg record low F = 13.6

|Jan record low F = -10 |Feb record low F = 0 |Mar record low F = 10 |Apr record low F = 25 |May record low F = 35 |Jun record low F = 43 |Jul record low F = 52 |Aug record low F = 46 |Sep record low F = 41 |Oct record low F = 26 |Nov record low F = 19 |Dec record low F = 2

|access-date = May 1, 2023 |access-date = May 1, 2023

Demographics

2020 census

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,410 people, 756 households, and 377 families residing in the town.

2000 census

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,968 people, 827 households, and 530 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,313.4 PD/sqmi. There were 1,015 housing units at an average density of 677.4 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the town was 37.30% White, 60.67% African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.46% Asian, 0.71% from other races, and 0.71% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.69% of the population.

There were 827 households, out of which 28.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.6% were married couples living together, 22.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.9% were non-families. 32.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.99.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 24.7% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 25.6% from 25 to 44, 23.6% from 45 to 64, and 19.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 81.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 75.2 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $16,674, and the median income for a family was $23,958. Males had a median income of $23,839 versus $16,741 for females. The per capita income for the town was $11,086. About 32.0% of families and 35.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 41.6% of those under age 18 and 38.3% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Beaufort County Schools operates public schools. Northside High School is the local high school.

Belhaven High School, an all-black school, was built in 1950. The school's first principal was Greene T. (GT) Swinson. In operation until the late 1960s or early 1970s, it was transformed into an elementary school, The school is no longer in operation.

There is a private school, Pungo Christian Academy (K-12).

BHM Regional Library operates the Belhaven Public Library.

Notable people

• Eva Narcissus Boyd, singer, known professionally as "Little Eva"; performer of "the Locomotion"
• C. J. Wilson - Oakland Raiders football player

References

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