Where the place sits
Its 2025 listing is 463, and the key is 37-01520; the inventory calls Apex, North Carolina (code 01520, estimate 80,419) an incorporated town. The locator assigns Apex, North Carolina (rank 463) coordinates 35 degrees 43 minutes 32 seconds north and 78 degrees 52 minutes 48 seconds west; place code 01520 makes the location reproducible. The inventory records 80,419 for Apex, North Carolina (latitude 35.72558); Identifier 37-01520 holds scale separate from municipal boundaries. Identifier 37-01520 preserves local identity as the view widens; read Apex, North Carolina (FIPS 37-01520) against North Carolina's Appalachian mountains, Piedmont hills, sounds, and the Atlantic Coastal Plain.
Natural water references
Population 80,419 stays a separate scale clue; Apex, North Carolina (code 01520, estimate 80,419) shares North Carolina's water setting of mountain headwaters, sounds, estuaries, and Atlantic rivers. One state-scale observation behind Apex, North Carolina (rank 463) is that the Neuse, Tar and Cape Fear drain toward the Atlantic; Identifier 37-01520 prevents ambiguous attribution. Rank 463 identifies Apex, North Carolina (latitude 35.72558), while the water layer and coordinate 37-01520 describe how its setting may be read. 80,419 is not a boundary; for Apex, North Carolina (FIPS 37-01520), drainage lines organize the scene while settlement continues across more than one guide layer.
Landform and scale
A broad reading of Apex, North Carolina (code 01520, estimate 80,419) starts with Appalachian mountains, Piedmont hills, and Coastal Plain; coordinates and code 01520 next narrow the reference. The latitude of Apex, North Carolina (rank 463), 35 degrees 43 minutes 32 seconds north, preserves location while the broader terrain supplies another dimension. Code 01520 holds it from becoming generic filler; Behind Apex, North Carolina (latitude 35.72558) is a wider geographic fact, cape Hatteras belongs to the Outer Banks barrier island chain. At regional scale, Apex, North Carolina (FIPS 37-01520) is understood across drainage and terrain; Census key 37-01520 prevents drift.
A connected settlement
The settlement label Apex, North Carolina (code 01520) is specific, while human geography continues across the wider North Carolina frame. Read 80,419 as the reported size of Apex, North Carolina (rank 463); code 01520 is not a shortcut for jurisdictional shape. Identifier 37-01520 preserves municipal identity; Human geography near Apex, North Carolina (latitude 35.72558) is connected to water and terrain. For Apex, North Carolina (FIPS 37-01520), the state backdrop lets settlement, terrain, and water become easier to compare at rank 463. For rank 463, Apex, North Carolina (estimate 80,419) stays a defined entry within a larger and changing settlement landscape.
A practical map sequence
The city marker makes more sense after its statewide frame; the initial step for Apex, North Carolina (code 01520, estimate 80,419), rank 463, is locating North Carolina. Environmental systems explain the wider setting outside rank 463; for Apex, North Carolina (rank 463), the plotted reference answers where. The physical context of Apex, North Carolina (latitude 35.72558) is strongest when drainage and landform stay alongside the plotted record in North Carolina. This fact adds depth without inventing local detail for Apex, North Carolina (FIPS 37-01520); the North Carolina record also notes that storms may open new inlets across the barrier islands.