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St. Helena
North Carolinavillage
St. Helena
Total population
544
Median home value
$215,600
Bachelor's+
Median income
$75,313
Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
St. Helena or Saint Helena is a village in Pender County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 417 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Wilmington, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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History
The town was founded in 1905 by Hugh MacRae as a grape growing community and he sought out Italian immigrants to come to Pender to grow grapes and make wine, St. Helena was advertised in Europe and the message would come to America and get a 10 acre farm and it is named after for Queen Elena
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land.
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Demographics & economy
Race & ethnicity
Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
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Health (adults)
Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).
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Schools
Largest nearby schools
- Heide Trask HighHigh · Rocky Point · 720 students · 16.4:1 ratio
- Pender HighHigh · Burgaw · 677 students · 19.9:1 ratio
- Cape Fear ElementaryElementary · Rocky Point · 545 students · 14.7:1 ratio
- C.F. Pope ElementaryElementary · Burgaw · 532 students · 13.6:1 ratio
- Malpass Corner ElementaryElementary · Burgaw · 480 students · 12.6:1 ratio
- Cape Fear MiddleMiddle · Rocky Point · 462 students · 14:1 ratio
- Rocky Point ElementaryElementary · Rocky Point · 399 students · 10.8:1 ratio
- Burgaw MiddleMiddle · Burgaw · 257 students · 12.8:1 ratio
Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).
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Nearby places in North Carolina
- Long Creek8.1 mi away
- Castle Hayne11.1 mi away
- Hampstead14.1 mi away
- Wallace15.8 mi away
- Wrightsboro15.8 mi away · pop. 6,287
- Murraysville16.1 mi away
- Porters Neck17.6 mi away
- Topsail Beach18.6 mi away
- Ivanhoe19.6 mi away · pop. 275
- Sandy Creek21.3 mi away
- Greenevers21.5 mi away
- Leland21.5 mi away · pop. 29,607
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • US Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates)
- • Wikidata
- • NCES via Urban Institute Education Data Portal
- • CDC PLACES
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library