Fountain is a town in Pitt County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 389 at the 2024 census. The town is a part of the Greenville Metropolitan Area located in North Carolina's Inner Banks region.
History
The Robert J. Lang Jr. House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
2020 census
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Fountain 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)
|259
|199
|style='background: #ffffe6; |183
|48.59%
|46.60%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |47.53%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|269
|212
|style='background: #ffffe6; |164
|50.47%
|49.65%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |42.60%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|1
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3
|0.19%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.78%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.26%
|-
|Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.26%
|-
|Some Other Race alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.52%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|1
|10
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9
|0.19%
|2.34%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.34%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|3
|6
|style='background: #ffffe6; |22
|0.56%
|1.41%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.71%
|-
|Total
|533
|427
|style='background: #ffffe6; |385
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
As of the census