Hampstead, North Carolina

Hampstead is an unincorporated community in Pender County, North Carolina, United States. It is located between Wilmington and Jacksonville on U.S. Route 17.Hampstead is part of the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area.HistoryHampstead was named after Hampstead, in England.The Belvidere Plantation House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.SchoolsThere are three elementary schools, North Topsail Elementary, South Topsail Elementary, and Topsail Elementary. There is one middle school named Topsail Middle School and one high school, Topsail High School, which is located right next to Topsail Middle and within walking distance of the Hampstead Branch Library.GolfingThe area has three golf courses: Castle Bay, Olde Point Golf and Country Club and the Belvedere Plantation.Public servicesThe Hampstead area is served by Pender EMS & Fire. Hampstead also has the Topsail Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol. Hampstead is also served by the Pender County Sheriff’s Department.ExpansionPender County is developing and expanding its county water system for the Hampstead area and is planning to add a sewer system in the future. The North Carolina Department of Transportation has proposed a bypass around Hampstead that ties into the new I-140 bypass around Wilmington to the south and west.