| Official Name: | Porters Neck, North Carolina |
| Pushpin Map: | North Carolina#USA |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | North Carolina |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | New Hanover |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 14.98 |
| Area Land Km2: | 14.01 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.97 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 5.78 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 5.41 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.37 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 7397 |
| Population Density Km2: | 527.87 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 1367.28 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 20 |
| Coordinates: | 34.2942°N -77.7694°W |
| Area Codes: | 910, 472 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 2584329 |
Porters Neck is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States. Its population was 6,204 as of the 2010 census.[2]
William B. Gould was enslaved on Nicholas Nixon's plantation on Porters Neck before escaping in 1862.[3]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the community has an area of ; of its area is land, and is water.[2]