Swift Creek
Swift Creek is a stream in Edgecombe, North Carolina. Swift Creek is situated nearby to the hamlet Logsboro, as well as near the neighborhood Brentwood.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Heritage Hospital and Tarboro–Edgecombe Airport.
Heritage Hospital
Hospital
ECU Health Edgecombe Hospital, formerly Heritage Hospital, is a hospital located in Tarboro, North Carolina. It is a part of the ECU Health. Edgecombe General Hospital opened as a county-owned hospital in 1916. Heritage Hospital is situated 2½ miles southeast of Swift Creek.
Tarboro–Edgecombe Airport
Aerodrome
Tarboro–Edgecombe Airport is a public, city-owned airport located in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, 2 miles north of the central business district of the town of Tarboro. Tarboro–Edgecombe Airport is situated 2½ miles east of Swift Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leggett and Tarboro.
Leggett
Hamlet
Leggett is a town in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, United States. It is part of the Rocky Mount, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 37 in the 2020 Census. Leggett is situated 3 miles north of Swift Creek.
Tarboro
Photo: Indy beetle, CC0.
Tarboro is a city in North Carolina going all the way back to British settlement in 1760. A thriving river port just below the fall line of the Piedmont in the years leading up to the Civil War, now its level of activity could probably be better compared to the languid-like flow of the Tar River floating by.
Princeville
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Princeville is a town in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, United States established by freed slaves after the Civil War. It was established in 1865 and known as Freedom Hill. Princeville is situated 5 miles southeast of Swift Creek.
Swift Creek
- Type: Stream
- Also known as: “Sandy Creek”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Edgecombe, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.94738° or 35° 56′ 51″ northLongitude
-77.58497° or 77° 35′ 6″ westElevation
43 feet (13 metres)Open location code
8774WCW8+X2GeoNames ID
4494298
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