Hightsville
Hightsville is a census-designated place in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 710 at the 2020 census which is down from 739 in 2010.Photo: EoRdE6, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Hamlet with 739 residents
- Description: census-designated place in New Hanover County, North Carolina
- Also known as: “Hightsville, NC” and “Hightsville, North Carolina”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wilmington International Airport and Bellamy Mansion.
Wilmington International Airport
Aerodrome
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Wilmington International Airport is a public airport located just north of Wilmington, North Carolina, in unincorporated Wrightsboro. ILM covers 1,800 acres. Wilmington International Airport is situated 1½ miles east of Hightsville.
Bellamy Mansion
Museum
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The Bellamy Mansion, built between 1859 and 1861, is a mixture of Neoclassical architectural styles, including Greek Revival and Italianate, and is located at 503 Market Street in the heart of downtown Wilmington, North Carolina. Bellamy Mansion is situated 2½ miles south of Hightsville.
Thalian Hall
Theater building
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Thalian Hall is a historic city hall and theatre located at Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina. It was built in 1858, and is a two-story, five-bay, stuccoed brick building with a combination of restrained Classical Revival and flamboyant Late Victorian design elements. Thalian Hall is situated 2½ miles south of Hightsville.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wilmington and Belville.
Wilmington
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Wilmington is a city in the southeastern part of North Carolina. It is the county seat of New Hanover County, and home to the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, the U.S.S.
Belville
Village
Belville is a town in Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,406 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Wilmington, NC metropolitan area. Belville is situated 3½ miles southwest of Hightsville.
Leland
Town
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Leland is the most populous town in Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 23,504 at the 2020 census, up from 13,527 in 2010. Leland is situated 4½ miles southwest of Hightsville.
Hightsville
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States and locality
- Location: Cape Fear Township, New Hanover, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.26961° or 34° 16′ 11″ northLongitude
-77.93165° or 77° 55′ 54″ westPopulation
739Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)Open location code
87647399+R8OpenStreetMap ID
node 158533068OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4471143Wikidata ID
Q2025074
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Hightsville” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “هايتسفيل”
- Basque: “Hightsville”
- Bulgarian: “Хигхцвиле”
- Catalan: “Hightsville”
- Cebuano: “Hightsville”
- Chechen: “Гайтсвилл”
- Chinese: “Hightsville”
- Chinese: “海茨維爾 (北卡羅萊納州)”
- Chinese: “海茨維爾”
- Dutch: “Hightsville”
- French: “Hightsville”
- German: “Hightsville”
- Gilaki: “هایتسویل (کلسيايي کارؤلینا)”
- Gilaki: “هایتسویل”
- Irish: “Hightsville”
- Italian: “Hightsville”
- Ladin: “Hightsville”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Hightsville”
- Persian: “هیگهتسویل، کارولینای شمالی”
- Persian: “هیگهتسویل”
- Polish: “Hightsville”
- Portuguese: “Hightsville”
- Serbian: “Хајтсвил”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Hightsville, North Carolina”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Hightsville”
- Spanish: “Hightsville”
- Tatar: “Гайтсвилл”
- Ukrainian: “Гайтсвілл”
- Urdu: “ہائیٹس ویل، شمالی کیرولائنا”
- Uzbek: “Hightsville, North Carolina”
- Uzbek: “Hightsville”
- Uzbek: “Ҳигҳцвилле”
- Volapük: “Hightsville, North Carolina”
- Volapük: “Hightsville”
- Welsh: “Hightsville, Gogledd Carolina”
- Welsh: “Hightsville”
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