Parmele is a town in Martin County, North Carolina, United States.

The town was settled in 1890 when the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad was built through the area to provide transportation from nearby lumber mills.

Following the construction of the Albemarle and Raleigh Railroad, the population rapidly grew and it was incorporated as a town in 1893 by the North Carolina General Assembly.

A fire that burned through much of the town on April 1, 1904, destroying many businesses and led to the decline of nearby lumber mills.

[4][5] According to the United States Census Bureau, it has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.1 km2), all of it land.