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History · Pikeville

Pikeville’s post office opened in 1856, and 11% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1983 on and the census since 1880.

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How Pikeville began

When was Pikeville founded?

1856

The Pikeville post office opened in 1856, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 122 in 18802020 census: 712170 years
Founding year: the first Pikeville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Pikeville’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Pikeville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pikeville’s history is told.

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The story

How Pikeville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Pikeville.

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Torhunta was a large Native American farming community in present-day northern. The Native Americans left North Carolina and returned to their home in New York where they became members of the Iroquois Nation. After the Native Americans left the area, there was an influx of settlers who came into the rich Neuse River lands and began to clear plantations. Many of these settlers were of the Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers.

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Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Pikeville, 1856 to 1983

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1856Post officeThe Pikeville post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1939Born hereTim Talton is born here
  5. 1983On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Pikeville, decade by decade

Today4 recent
Pikeville, North Carolina 22019Pikeville, North Carolina 2Pikeville, North Carolina 12019Pikeville, North Carolina 1Joe Biden speaks at Pikeville, NC 4-1-092009Joe Biden speaks at Pikeville, NC 4-1-09NCMap-doton-Pikeville2004NCMap-doton-Pikeville
On the map

Pikeville on the map in 1983

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Pikeville.

Pikeville on the 1983 USGS map1983Northeast Goldsboro sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Pikeville.

People over time

Pikeville, census by census

020040060080018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 719

Between 122 and 719 people in every census since 1880.

14 censuses, 1880–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Pikeville’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Old corners

Pikeville’s post office has been open since 1856.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Collingwood Estates

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Pikeville’s history

What year was Pikeville founded?

The Pikeville post office opened in 1856, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (4), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.