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North Carolina Counties

North Carolina is divided into 100 counties. North Carolina ranks 28th in size by area, but has the seventh most counties in the country.

Carteret County, North Carolina

Carteret County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: Beaufort
Year Organized: 1722
Square Miles: 531

Court House:

Courthouse Square
County Courthouse
Beaufort, NC 28516

Etymology - Origin of County Name

It was named in honor of Sir John Carteret afterwards (1744) Earl of Granville, one of the Lords Proprietors.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Carteret was formed in 1722 from Craven. It was named in honor of Sir John Carteret afterwards (1744) Earl of Granville, one of the Lords Proprietors. It is in the eastern section of the State and is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean and Onslow, Jones and Craven counties and on the banks by Hyde County. The present land area is 519.84 square miles and the 2000 population was 59,383. Beaufort, established in 1723 and named in honor of Henry Duke of Beaufort, is the county seat.

Neighboring Counties:

Atlantic Ocean
Onslow
Jones
Craven

Cities and Towns:

- Atlantic Beach	town	Incorporated Area
- Beaufort (County Seat)	town	Incorporated Area
- Bogue	town	Incorporated Area
- Emerald Isle	town	Incorporated Area
- Indian Beach	town	Incorporated Area
- Morehead City	town	Incorporated Area
- Newport	town	Incorporated Area
- Peletier	town	Incorporated Area
- Pine Knoll Shores	town	Incorporated Area
- Swansboro	town	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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County Resources

The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of this country!"

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Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally, act locally."