Halifax, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Halifax, North Carolina, shaded from 35 ft on the northeast side to 130 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
130 ft 40 m110 ft 35 m96 ft 29 m72 ft 22 m47 ft 14 m35 ft 11 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Halifax sits at about 110 ft (35 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
110 ft 35 m
most residents: 100–120 ft
Lowest
35 ft 11 m
on the northeast side
Highest
130 ft 40 m
on the northwest side
Average
100 ft 30 m
all land inside town limits

Halifax spans about 95 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
110 ft35 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the northwest side
130 ft40 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the northeast side
35 ft11 m
Town center
USGS map point for Halifax
120 ft40 m
Airport (IXA)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.3 mi west of the town limits
144 ft44 m
Average of all land100 ft30 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.8 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Halifax, North Carolina, shaded from 35 ft on the northeast side to 130 ft on the northwest side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Halifax County, North Carolina, United States
Population
160 2024 est.
Land area
0.5 sq mi
Density
350 per sq mi
Coordinates
36.3285° N, 77.5894° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Roanoke River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Halifax/Northampton Regional (IXA) 144 ft
ZIP codes 1
27839
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. South Rosemary210 ft
  2. Roanoke Rapids140 ft
  3. Garysburg140 ft
  4. Seaboard130 ft
  5. Gaston130 ft
  6. Halifax110 ft
  7. Jackson110 ft
  8. Enfield110 ft
  9. South Weldon89 ft
  10. Weldon86 ft
  11. Lasker77 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town limits, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census town limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.