Belhaven, North Carolina

About Belhaven

Belhaven, NC is a small town located in eastern North Carolina with an estimated population of 1,406.

Officially, Belhaven is an incorporated town — local government on a neighborly scale. The community covers 1.59 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 884 residents per square mile.

📰 Belhaven News Today

• Belhaven celebrates 98 years of intracoastal waterway WITN · Oct 2
• Belhaven police investigating homicide after man found dead on Elm Street WCTI · Jun 16
• Weather Forecast and Conditions for Belhaven, North Carolina - The Weather Channel | Weather.com The Weather Channel · Jul 10
• Belhaven 41-38 North Carolina Wesleyan (Oct 11, 2025) Final Score ESPN · May 4
• Belhaven Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 23

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

Read the latest North Carolina headlines on our news site, Bless News Daily.

What Makes Belhaven Unique

• The only place in America named Belhaven — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• Positioned in eastern North Carolina, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of North Carolina — one of 776 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 12 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Belhaven

• Spoon River Artworks & Market — american
• The Tavern at Jack's Neck — american
• Farm Boy's
• Highway 55
• Panda Kitchen — chinese

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Belhaven Memorial Museum · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Belhaven

• Hyde County Wildlife Preservation Lands · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Northside Community Park reviews ★
• Pungo River Game Land · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Wildlife Resource Commission - Islands · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🌤️ Current Weather

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Source: National Weather Service

🗺️ Map of Belhaven

🏘️ Nearby Communities