Oriental, NC Facts, Population, Income, Demographics, Economy

Population (total): Population in 2019: 861 (0% urban, 100% rural). >Population change since 2000: -1.6%

Population (male): 402

Median Age: 63.1 years

Median Rent: Median gross rent in 2019: $988.

Cost of Living: March 2019 cost of living index in Oriental: 84.3 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

Poverty (overall): Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2019: 7.0%

Poverty (breakdown): (4.9% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 36.2% for Black residents)

Sex Offenders: According to our research of North Carolina and other state lists, there were 9 registered sex offenders living in Oriental, North Carolina as of April 25, 2021. The ratio of all residents to sex offenders in Oriental is 106 to 1.>

Elevation: 10 feet

Population Density:

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.4 square miles (3.6 km2), of which, 1.1 square miles (2.8 km2) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km2) of it (16.79%) is water.

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Oriental, NC Locations

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Multiple Testing Centers In Oriental, NC

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Oriental, NC Testing Locations

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600 MOREHEAD AVE 16.3 miles

600 MOREHEAD AVE
ATLANTIC BEACH, NC 28512
Categories: ATLANTIC BEACH NC

1224 E MAIN ST 16.9 miles

1224 E MAIN ST
HAVELOCK, NC 28532
Categories: HAVELOCK NC

312 COMMERCE AVE STE C 21.3 miles

312 COMMERCE AVE STE C
MOREHEAD CITY, NC 28557
Categories: MOREHEAD CITY NC

5059 HWY 70 W 21.4 miles

5059 HWY 70 W
MOREHEAD CITY, NC 28557
Categories: MOREHEAD CITY NC

212 N 35TH ST 21.5 miles

212 N 35TH ST
MOREHEAD CITY, NC 28557
Categories: MOREHEAD CITY NC

5286D HIGHWAY 70 W 21.5 miles

5286D HIGHWAY 70 W
MOREHEAD CITY, NC 28557
Categories: MOREHEAD CITY NC

3722 BRIDGES ST STE A 21.5 miles

3722 BRIDGES ST STE A
MOREHEAD CITY, NC 28557
Categories: MOREHEAD CITY NC

3722 BRIDGES ST 21.5 miles

3722 BRIDGES ST
MOREHEAD CITY, NC 28557
Categories: MOREHEAD CITY NC

2205 BRICES CREEK RD 22.3 miles

2205 BRICES CREEK RD
NEW BERN, NC 28562
Categories: NEW BERN NC

1040 MEDICAL PARK AVE 23.5 miles

1040 MEDICAL PARK AVE
NEW BERN, NC 28562
Categories: NEW BERN NC

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Oriental is one of nine incorporated municipalities in Pamlico County, North Carolina, USA. The population was 900, according to the 2010 census. It is part of the New Bern Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The area was settled by Native Americans, who fished and farmed in the creeks and river long before Europeans arrived. Today, fewer than 1 percent of the town's residents are Native American. Land records date grants from the King of England to colonial farmers, and several current residents of the area can trace their family's genealogy to these times. The area was the haunt of pirates in the early days of European dominance. The famous pirate Edward Teach or Blackbeard made his home in Bath to the North of Oriental. The Midgettes (also Midyettes) and other old families that still have descendants in the town came much later, in the late 19th century.

The town of Oriental was named after the Sailing Steamer Oriental. Built in Philadelphia in 1861, the ship was used as a Federal transport ship in the Civil War. She met her fate a year after being launched, run aground in May 1862, when she was wrecked off Bodie Island, 33 miles north of Cape Hatteras. Her passengers and crew were saved.

The United States Post Office Department established a post office in 1886 in what had been called Smith's Creek. Lou Midyette was named postmaster. Postmaster Midyette's wife, Rebecca, thought the village needed a better name. One story says that she had found the nameplate from the wrecked sailing steamer "Oriental" on the beaches of the Outer Banks and thought that name was more suitable. Another version of the story says she just saw the nameplate in a Manteo home. Either way the name "Oriental" made an impression on her. The village became known as Oriental a few years after the post office was established and was incorporated in 1899.

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Population (total): Population in 2019: 861 (0% urban, 100% rural). >Population change since 2000: -1.6%

Population (male): 402

Median Age: 63.1 years

Median Rent: Median gross rent in 2019: $988.

Cost of Living: March 2019 cost of living index in Oriental: 84.3 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

Poverty (overall): Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2019: 7.0%

Poverty (breakdown): (4.9% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 36.2% for Black residents)

Sex Offenders: According to our research of North Carolina and other state lists, there were 9 registered sex offenders living in Oriental, North Carolina as of April 25, 2021. The ratio of all residents to sex offenders in Oriental is 106 to 1.>

Elevation: 10 feet

Population Density:

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.4 square miles (3.6 km2), of which, 1.1 square miles (2.8 km2) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km2) of it (16.79%) is water.