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Carteret County, North Carolina

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17historic places

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1722formed

67,686pop. 2020

15cemeteries

1CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 17 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970. Most listings are in or near Beaufort, Morehead City, Atlantic Beach.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

6 of 17 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

17 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Beaufort Historic District	Beaufort	District	1974
Cape Lookout Coast Guard Station	Beaufort	District	1989
Cape Lookout Light Station	Core Banks	Structure	1972
Cape Lookout Village Historic District	Harkers Island	District	2000
Carteret County Home	Beaufort	Building	1984
Earle W. Webb, Jr. Memorial Civic Center and Library	Morehead City	Building	2021
Fort Macon	Atlantic Beach	Building	1970
Gibbs House	Beaufort	Building	1973
HMT BEDFORDSHIRE (shipwreck and remains)	Beaufort	Site	2015
Henry, Jacob, House	Beaufort	Building	1973
Morehead City Historic District	Morehead	District	2003
Morehead City Municipal Building	Morehead City	Building	2004
Old Burying Ground	Beaufort	Site	1974
Portsmouth Village	Portsmouth	District	1978
Queen Anne's Revenge	Atlantic Beach	Site	2004
Salter-Battle Hunting and Fishing Lodge	Ocracoke	Building	2005
U-352 (submarine) shipwreck and remains	Beaufort	Site	2015

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Carteret was formed in 1722 (1722-08-08) from unorganized territory south of Craven Precinct.

Carteret Precinct (second, now CARTERET) created from unorganized territory south of Craven Precinct.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Carteret County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1790	1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
3,732	4,399	5,609	6,591	8,186	9,784	11,811	15,384	18,284	23,059	30,940	41,092	59,383	67,686

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

Site	Type	Dist.
Cape Lookout National Seashore	Park unit	15.0 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

15 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 15 of 15 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Atlantic Cemetery	34.88165	-76.34117
Babb-Dixon Cemetery	35.07024	-76.06051
Bay View Cemetery	34.72572	-76.72938
Cedar Grove Cemetery	34.79015	-76.85577
Community Cemetery	35.06963	-76.06443
Gilgo Cemetery	34.98886	-76.30907
Grace Cemetery	35.06986	-76.06357
Isaiah Cemetery	34.88349	-76.39436
Lupton Cemetery	34.96294	-76.28436
Murphy Cemetery	34.78932	-76.46548
Ocean View Cemetery	34.71485	-76.65213
Portsmouth Cemetery	35.07067	-76.06526
Stacy Cemetery	34.83711	-76.42548
Victoria Cemetery	34.73202	-76.52127
Wallace Cemetery	35.05785	-76.08031

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

Battlefield	Study acres	Dist.	Site ID
Fort Macon	1,968	22.1 km	NC004

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

HMdb link

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