Delco, NC

Delco is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Columbus County, North Carolina, United States. The 2020 census counted 287 residents. Delco is located near the eastern tip of Columbus County, at an elevation of 49 feet. U.S. Routes 74 and 76 pass through the center of the community, leading east 18 miles to Wilmington and west 28 miles to Whiteville, the Columbus County seat. A newcomer can read Delco through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Delco comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines.