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Welcome to Pike Road ...

Pike Road is located in Beaufort County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pike Road, you might consider that their post office opened in 1920.

A typical abbreviation for Pike Road: Pike Rd.

Pike Road is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Pike Road lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Pike Road: 252

Communities Also Named Pike Road ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Pike Road - it's located in Alabama.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pike Road.

Communities near Pike Road ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Pike Road.

  • Plymouth
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Belhaven
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Roper
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Roper is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roper <3>
  • Jamesville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Bath
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Bath is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bath <3>
  • Creswell
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Pantego
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Pantego is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pantego
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
  • Gaylord
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Gaylord is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaylord
  • Monticello ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Monticello is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
  • Mount Olive
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Mount Olive is located in Hyde County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Pike Road. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pike Road.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Pike Road. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pike Road.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Pike Road. See our Newspapers Page for Pike Road.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pike Road ...

Looking for more information about Pike Road? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Pike Road, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Pike Road.

Adding Pike Road to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pike Road in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Pike Road was on a map titled Map of North Carolina (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pike Road.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Beaufort, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pike Road - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.