Scranton, North Carolina

Current Weather

The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is New Bern. It is located about 44 miles [70 km] to the southwest of Scranton and has a population of 23,128 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Havelock. It is located about 47 miles [75 km] to the southwest of Scranton and has a population of 22,442 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Alliance	SW	31 mi [49.89 km]	725	7.17% decrease
	Belhaven	W	10 mi [16.09 km]	2,035	3.4% increase
	Columbia	N	31 mi [49.89 km]	803	1.95% decrease
	Edenton	N	39 mi [62.8 km]	4,966	7.93% decrease
	Hertford	N	47 mi [75.6 km]	2,185	5.56% increase
	Ocracoke	SE	37 mi [59.5 km]	---
	Oriental	S	34 mi [54.7 km]	815	6.86% decrease
	Plymouth	NW	30 mi [48.28 km]	3,863	5.94% decrease
	River Bend	SW	49 mi [78.9 km]	3,125	6.91% increase
	Robersonville	NW	50 mi [80.5 km]	1,553	10.28% decrease
	Trent Woods	SW	46 mi [74 km]	3,986	4.91% decrease
	Vanceboro	W	41 mi [66 km]	849	5.46% decrease
	Washington	W	34 mi [54.7 km]	10,112	5.52% increase
	Williamston	NW	42 mi [67.6 km]	5,382	7.89% decrease
	Windsor	NW	43 mi [69.2 km]	2,987	30.84% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Aurora	SW	23 mi [37.01 km]	597	2.4% increase
	Bath	W	20 mi [32.19 km]	268	2.55% decrease
	Bay City	SW	28 mi [45.06 km]	---
	Bayboro	SW	30 mi [48.28 km]	689	7.02% decrease
	Creswell	N	25 mi [40.23 km]	259	6.83% decrease
	Grantsboro	SW	32 mi [51.5 km]	---
	Jamesville	NW	33 mi [53.1 km]	453	9.76% decrease
	Lake Mattamuskeet	E	14 mi [22.53 km]	---
	Mesic	SW	23 mi [37.01 km]	238	7.39% decrease
	Pantego	NW	13 mi [20.92 km]	167	1.76% decrease
	River Road	W	30 mi [48.28 km]	---
	Roper	N	27 mi [43.45 km]	571	6.85% decrease
	Stonewall	SW	29 mi [46.67 km]	265	7.02% decrease
	Vandemere	SW	24 mi [38.62 km]	268	7.27% decrease
	Washington Park	W	32 mi [51.5 km]	453	2.95% increase

Hyde County

Scranton is located in Hyde County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hyde: Beaufort, Dare, Tyrrell and Washington. Although it doesn't share a border with Hyde, Pamlico it is close to Scranton.

Below are counties that are near Scranton (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Scranton:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Scranton
	Beaufort County	NW	Leechville	5 miles [8 km]
	Bertie County	NW	Sans Souci	35 miles [56 km]
	Carteret County	S	Cedar Island	34 miles [54 km]
	Chowan County	N	Cape Colony	36 miles [57 km]
	Craven County	SW	Cayton	34 miles [54 km]
	Dare County	NE	Beach Land Landing	36 miles [57 km]
	Martin County	NW	Dardens	30 miles [48 km]
	Pamlico County	SW	Lowland	15 miles [24 km]
	Pitt County	W	Washington Heights	33 miles [53 km]
	Tyrrell County	NE	Kilkenny	16 miles [25 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for North Carolina<3>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Scranton. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

Other Roadside Stops

Off-the-Road Links

Footnotes