Enfield is a town in Halifax County, North Carolina, United States, and was founded in 1740. As of the 2010 United States Census, the town’s population was 2,532, which reflected an growth of approximately 8% from the population of 2,347 in 2000. It is the oldest town in Halifax County, North Carolina and was next the world’s largest raw peanut market. Enfield is portion of the Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina Micropolitan Statistical Area.

The little rural town was site of the Enfield Riots, which helped spark American independence. The Crown governed the area, and Robert Earl Granville, heir of John Lord Carteret, possessed estate rights in the district. The riots were set off by a controversy more than corrupt agents, land grants, titles, and the hoard of quitrents (which often ended in the works in Granville’s pocket). A help of Colonists – many of them estate owners and office holders from Halifax, Edgecombe, and Granville counties – went to Edenton on the night of January 25, 1759, and kidnapped Francis Corbin and a co-agent, Joshua Bodley. Corbin and Bodley were brought to Enfield, where they were thrown in jail for four days and annoyed to open whatever land archives for public inspection. Corbin returned illegal fees he had collected, but he filed a lawsuit adjacent to his abductors after his release.

The warfare was eventually dropped, but the Colonial Assembly jailed some of the men who had kidnapped Corbin and Bodley. A help of citizens in Enfield expressed detestation against British totalitarianism and upon May 14, 1759, broke into jail and freed the men.

Bell-Sherrod House, Bellamy’s Mill, Samuel Warren Branch House, The Cellar, Enfield Graded School, Gray Hall, Myrtle Lawn, James H. Parker House, Shell Castle, Strawberry Hill, and Whitaker’s Chapel are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.