Shotwell
Shotwell is an unincorporated community in rural eastern Wake County, North Carolina, United States, located about 4 miles south of Knightdale and 11 miles east of Raleigh at the confluence of Smithfield, Mial Plantation, Major Slade, Grasshopper, and Turnipseed Roads.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Wake County, North Carolina
- Also known as: “Shotwell, NC” and “Shotwell, North Carolina”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Knightdale and Wendell.
Knightdale
Town
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Knightdale is a town in Wake County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Knightdale has a population of 19,435, up from 11,401 in 2010. Knightdale is situated 4 miles northwest of Shotwell.
Wendell
Village
Wendell is a town in Wake County, North Carolina, United States. It is a satellite town of Raleigh, the state capital. The population was 9,793 at the 2020 census and estimated at 16,845 as of July 2024. Wendell is situated 5 miles northeast of Shotwell.
Clayton
Town
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Clayton is a town in Johnston County, North Carolina, United States, and is considered a suburb of Raleigh. As of 2020, Clayton's population was 26,307, up from 16,116 at the 2010 census. Clayton is situated 6 miles south of Shotwell.
Shotwell
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Marks Creek Township, Wake, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.7371° or 35° 44′ 14″ northLongitude
-78.44472° or 78° 26′ 41″ westElevation
292 feet (89 metres)Open location code
8773PHP4+R4OpenStreetMap ID
node 157568546OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Welsh—“Shotwell” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “肖特韋爾 (北卡羅萊納州)”
- Chinese: “肖特韋爾”
- French: “Shotwell”
- Japanese: “ショットウェル”
- Korean: “샷웰”
- Persian: “شاتول، کارولینای شمالی”
- Persian: “شاتول”
- Welsh: “Shotwell, Gogledd Carolina”
- Welsh: “Shotwell”
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