Jackson Heights, NC

United States

Jackson Heights is a small farming community in eastern North Carolina's Lenoir County, home to about 800 people. Located along US Highway 258, it's about 80 miles east of Raleigh via US 70, then south on 258. The town sits in tobacco country with a humid subtropical climate. Kinston Regional Jetport lies 15 miles north for private flights, while Raleigh-Durham airport is 100 miles west for commercial travel. The town center clusters around the intersection of US 258 and NC 11, surrounded by working tobacco farms and traditional curing barns.