| Official Name: | Engelhard, North Carolina |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | North Carolina#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Engelhard |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | North Carolina |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Hyde |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 8.36 |
| Area Land Km2: | 8.36 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 3.23 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 3.23 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 374 |
| Population Density Km2: | 44.73 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 115.83 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 0 |
| Coordinates: | 35.5092°N -76.0094°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
| Postal Code: | 27824 |
| Area Code: | 252 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 2628623 |
| Blank1 Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank1 Info: | 37-21380 |
Engelhard is a census-designated place (CDP) and fishing community in Lake Landing Township on the mainland of Hyde County, North Carolina, United States. It has access to Pamlico Sound. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 445.[2]
Inkwell and Wynne's Folly are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Engelhard is in eastern Hyde County along U.S. Route 264, which leads northeast to Manteo and west to Belhaven.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 8.33sqkm, all land.[2] The community is at the head of Far Creek, a small tidal inlet of Pamlico Sound.
| Number | Percentage | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| White (non-Hispanic) | 196 | 52.41% | |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 107 | 28.61% | |
| Other/Mixed | 25 | 6.68% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 46 | 12.3% |
This region experiences hot and wet summers with rainy days. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Engelhard has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa).
There are cool winters during which intense rainfall occurs.
Snow in Engelhard is possible in winter months.
The local school is Mattamuskeet School of Hyde County Schools.[3]
In the de jure segregation era, the grade school for black students was, by the 1960s, Davis School, a consolidation of earlier such schools, in Engelhard. The high school for black students was Hyde County Training School in Sladesville. The high school for white students was East Hyde School.[4]
BHM Regional Library operates the Engelhard Library.[5]