Belhaven is a waterfront town in Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,410 at the 2020 census. Belhaven is located in North Carolina's Inner Banks region.
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 , of which is land and , or 23.88%, is water.
Climate
Demographics
2020 census
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Belhaven town, North Carolina – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>
!Pop 2000
!Pop 2010
!
!% 2000
!% 2010
!
|-
|White alone (NH)
|699
|635
|style='background: #ffffe6; |580
|35.52%
|37.62%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |41.13%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|1,192
|930
|style='background: #ffffe6; |669
|60.57%
|55.09%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |47.45%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|3
|8
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.15%
|0.47%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.14%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|9
|8
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8
|0.46%
|0.47%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.57%
|-
|Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Other Race alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.07%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|12
|22
|style='background: #ffffe6; |34
|0.61%
|1.30%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.41%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|53
|85
|style='background: #ffffe6; |116
|2.69%
|5.04%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8.23%
|-
|Total
|1,968
|1,688
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,410
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
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
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
External links
- Town of Belhaven official website
- Belhaven Community Chamber of Commerce