| Official Name: | Gulf, North Carolina |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | North Carolina |
| Pushpin Label: | Gulf |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | North Carolina |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Chatham |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.38 |
| Area Land Km2: | 2.35 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.03 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.92 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.91 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 122 |
| Population Density Km2: | 51.85 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 134.36 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 266 |
| Coordinates: | 35.5597°N -79.2806°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 27256 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 37-28600[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2628630 |
Gulf is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in southwestern Chatham County, North Carolina, United States, southeast of the town of Goldston. As of the 2010 census, the Gulf CDP had a population of 144.[3] The community is home to a general store and several historic homes. It received its name from its location at a wide bend in the Deep River.
Gulf is an interconnection point between the Norfolk Southern Railway and the Aberdeen, Carolina and Western Railway.
The Haughton-McIver House and Marion Jasper Jordan Farm are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Gulf is located on the southern border of Chatham County, on the north side of Deep River. The Cape Fear River forms at the confluence of the Deep and Haw rivers, approximately 20 miles downstream of Gulf. Gulf is southeast of Siler City and 8miles northwest of Sanford. Pittsboro, the Chatham County seat, is to the northeast via the Pittsboro-Goldston Road.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Gulf CDP has a total area of 2.39km2, of which 0.03sqkm, or 1.18%, is water.[3]
Gulf is at the geographical center of North Carolina.