DELCO, NC

Delco (formerly Brinkly, New Berlin, and Pershing) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Columbus County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 348 at the 2010 census.

Geography

Delco is located near the eastern tip of Columbus County, at an elevation of . Combined U.S. Routes 74 and 76 (the four-lane Andrew Jackson Highway) passes through the center of the community, leading east to Wilmington and west to Whiteville, the Columbus County seat. North Carolina Highway 87 leads northwest from Delco to Elizabethtown.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Delco CDP has a total area of , all land.

Acme Delco Middle School, was located in Delco prior to its closing in 2020.