Long Creek, NC

Long Creek is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Pender County, North Carolina, United States. The 2020 census counted 277 residents. The community is in southwestern Pender County, along North Carolina Highway 210. Long Creek is named for Long Creek, a southward-flowing stream that runs along the western edge of the community and leads southeast to the Northeast Cape Fear River. The through line in Long Creek is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Long Creek makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today.