| New Light | |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | North Carolina#USA |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in North Carolina##Location in the United States |
| Coordinates: | 36.0125°N -78.5973°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name1: | North Carolina |
| Subdivision Name2: | Wake |
| Subdivision Name3: | New Light |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1775 |
New Light is an unincorporated community in New Light Township, Wake County, North Carolina, United States.[1] It is located at the intersection of Purnell Rd (SR 1909), Stony Hill Rd (SR 1917), and Mangum Dairy Rd (SR 1911).[2] It has an elevation of 413 ft.[3] As of January 2019, New Light Township has a population of 8,687 and a median home value of $380,000.[4]
In the 1750s, New Light Baptists migrated from New England to North Carolina. They established the first Baptist church in Wake County in 1771.[5] The community later had a creek and a township named after them.