Pleasant Hill, Northampton County, North Carolina

Pleasant Hill, North Carolina
Unincorporated community

Location of Pleasant Hill in North Carolina

Coordinates: 36°31′56″N 77°32′08″W / 36.53222°N 77.53556°W / 36.53222; -77.53556Coordinates: 36°31′56″N 77°32′08″W / 36.53222°N 77.53556°W / 36.53222; -77.53556
Country United States
State North Carolina
County Northampton
Elevation[1] 125 ft (38 m)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 27866
Area code(s) 252
FIPS code 37-37131
GNIS feature ID 992510[1]
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Pleasant Hill is an unincorporated community in northwestern Northampton County, North Carolina, United States. The community is on U.S. Route 301, north of Weldon, and lies at an elevation of 125 feet (38 m).[1]

The people of the area were free blacks which married into the Haliwa Saponis creating a distinctive Native American tribe; which now has 4000 surviving members. The majority Haliwa Saponis live in the Halifax county area of NC. In Pleasant Hill the Broady family members tied to Chief Mountain are the only Haliwa Saponis in the Pleasant Hill area. Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina Micropolitan Statistical Area.

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