List of census-designated places in North Carolina

Summary

This is a list of census-designated places in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

Census-designated places (CDPs) are unincorporated communities lacking elected municipal officers and boundaries with legal status.[1] The term "census designated place" has been used as an official classification by the U.S. Census Bureau since 1980.[2] Prior to that, select unincorporated communities were surveyed in the U.S. Census.[2]

Census-designated places in North Carolina edit

 
Map of the United States with North Carolina highlighted
CDP County Location of County Population
(2020)
Population
(2010)
Population
(2000)
Population
(1990)[3]
Notes
Advance Davie  
Alexis Gaston  
589
x
x
Altamahaw Alamance  
Anderson Creek Harnett  
13,636
x
x
Aquadale Stanly  
Arrowhead Beach Chowan  
640
x
x
Ashley Heights Hoke  
Atlantic Carteret  
Avery Creek Buncombe  
1,144
Avon Dare  
Balfour Henderson  
1,118
Barker Heights Henderson  
1,137
Barker Ten Mile Robeson  
1,087
Barnardsville Buncombe  
559
x
x
Bayshore New Hanover  
1,661
Bayview Beaufort  
Bell Arthur Pitt  
Belvoir Pitt  
Bennett Chatham  
Bent Creek Buncombe  
1,487
Bethlehem Alexander  
3,186
Blue Clay Farms New Hanover  
Bonnetsville Sampson  
Bowdens Duplin  
196
x
x
Bowmore Hoke  
Brandywine Bay Carteret  
Briar Chapel Chatham  
Brices Creek Craven  
Broad Creek Carteret  
Brogden Wayne  
3,246
Buies Creek Harnett  
2,085
Bunnlevel Harnett  
Butters Bladen  
Buxton Dare  
Camden Camden  
Cape Colony Chowan  
Caroleen Rutherford  
Carolina Meadows Chatham  
Cashiers Jackson  
Castle Hayne New Hanover  
968
1,182
Centerville Franklin  
Cherokee Jackson
Swain
 
 
Cherry Branch Craven  
Chinquapin Duplin  
Chowan Beach Chowan  
385
x
x
Cliffside Rutherford  
Coinjock Currituck  
Cordova Richmond  
Cove Creek Watauga  
Cricket Wilkes  
2,015
Crouse Lincoln  
322
x
x
Cullowhee Jackson  
4,029
Cypress Landing Beaufort  
1,257
x
x
Dana Henderson  
Davis Carteret  
Deep Run Lenoir  
Deercroft Scotland  
Delco Columbus  
Delway Sampson  
Denver Lincoln  
Dudley Wayne  
Dundarrach Hoke  
East Flat Rock Henderson  
3,218
East Rockingham Richmond  
4,158
Edneyville Henderson  
Efland Orange  
Elrod Robeson  
Elroy Wayne  
4,028
Emma Buncombe  
Engelhard Hyde  
Enochville Rowan  
2,901
Etowah Henderson  
1,997
Evergreen Columbus  
Fairfield Hyde  
Fairfield Harbour Craven  
Fairplains Wilkes  
2,339
Fairview Buncombe  
1,830
Farmington Davie  
Fearrington Village Chatham  
1,101
Five Points Hoke  
Flat Rock Surry  
1,812
Forest Oaks Guilford  
3,054
Foscoe Watauga  
Frisco Dare  
Fruitland Henderson  
Germanton Forsyth
Stokes
 
 
Gerton Henderson  
Glen Raven Alamance  
2,616
Glenville Jackson  
Glenwood McDowell  
x
x
Gloucester Carteret  
Gold Hill Rowan  
Gorman Durham  
1,090
Governors Club Chatham  
Governors Village Chatham  
Graingers Lenoir  
Grandy Currituck  
Gulf Chatham  
Half Moon Onslow  
6,306
Hallsboro Columbus  
Hampstead Pender  
Harkers Island Carteret  
1,759
Hatteras Dare  
Hays Wilkes  
1,522
Henrietta Rutherford  
Hiddenite Alexander  
Hightsville New Hanover  
Hobucken Pamlico  
Hollister Halifax  
Hoopers Creek Henderson  
Horse Shoe Henderson  
Icard Burke  
2,553
Ingold Sampson  
Iron Station Lincoln  
Ivanhoe Sampson  
JAARS Union  
Jackson Heights Lenoir  
Jackson Springs Moore  
James City Craven  
4,279
Keener Sampson  
Kelly Bladen  
Kings Grant New Hanover  
Lake Junaluska Haywood  
2,482
Lake Norman of Catawba Catawba  
Lake Norman of Iredell Iredell  
Lake Royale Franklin  
Laurel Hill Scotland  
Light Oak Cleveland  
1,339
Linville Avery  
Long Creek Pender  
Lowesville Lincoln  
1,092
Lowgap Surry  
Mamers Harnett  
Manns Harbor Dare  
Mar-Mac Wayne  
3,282
Marble Cherokee  
Marshallberg Carteret  
Maury Greene  
McLeansville Guilford  
1,154
Millers Creek Wilkes  
1,787
Millingport Stanly  
Milwaukee Northampton  
Moncure Chatham  
Moravian Falls Wilkes  
1,736
Mountain Home Henderson  
1,898
Mountain View Catawba  
3,697
Moyock Currituck  
Mulberry Wilkes  
2,339
Murraysville New Hanover  
Myrtle Grove New Hanover  
4,275
Nebo McDowell  
x
x
Neuse Forest Craven  
1,110
New Hope Wayne  
1,588
x
x
4,491
Not listed as a CDP in the 2000 or 2010 Census
Northchase New Hanover  
Northlakes Caldwell  
1,219
Ocracoke Hyde  
Ogden New Hanover  
3,228
Old Hundred Scotland  
Pinetown Beaufort  
Piney Green Onslow  
8,999
Pinnacle Stokes  
Plain View Sampson  
Pleasant Hill Wilkes  
1,114
Porters Neck New Hanover  
Potters Hill Duplin  
Prospect Robeson  
Pumpkin Center Onslow  
2,857
Raemon Robeson  
Rex Robeson  
Riegelwood Columbus  
River Road Beaufort  
3,892
Roberdel Richmond  
Rockfish Hoke  
Rocky Point Pender  
Rodanthe Dare  
Rougemont Durham
Person
 
 
Royal Pines Buncombe  
4,418
Ruffin Rockingham  
Salem Burke  
2,271
Salvo Dare  
Saxapahaw Alamance  
1,178
Scotch Meadows Scotland  
Sea Breeze New Hanover  
Seven Lakes Moore  
2,049
Shannon Robeson  
Silver City Hoke  
1,343
Silver Lake New Hanover  
4,071
Skippers Corner New Hanover  
Smithtown Yadkin  
Sneads Ferry Onslow  
2,031
South Henderson Vance  
1,374
South Mills Camden  
South Rosemary Halifax  
1,955
South Weldon Halifax  
1,640
Southmont Davidson  
Spivey's Corner Sampson  
Spout Springs Harnett  
Springdale Gaston  
St. Stephens Catawba  
8,734
Stokes Pitt  
Stony Point Alexander
Iredell
 
 
Sunbury Gates  
Swan Quarter Hyde  
Swannanoa Buncombe  
Toast Surry  
Tyro Davidson  
Valle Crucis Watauga  
Valley Hill Henderson  
Vander Cumberland  
Vann Crossroads Sampson  
Wakulla Robeson  
Wanchese Dare  
Waves Dare  
Welcome Davidson  
West Canton Haywood  
West Marion McDowell  
Westport Lincoln  
White Oak Bladen  
White Plains Surry  
Whittier Jackson
Swain
 
 
25
x
x
Woodlawn Alamance  
Wrightsboro New Hanover  
Yadkin College Davidson  
377
x
x

Former census-designated places edit

CDP County Location
of County
Population
(2020)
Population
(2010)
Population
(2000)
Population
(1990)[3]
Population
(1980)
Notes
Altamahaw-Ossipee Alamance  
x
x
1,061
1,076
Split prior to the 2010 census into Altamahaw CDP and the town of Ossipee
Badin Stanly  
x
x
x
1,481
Incorporated prior to the 2000 census
Boger City Lincoln  
x
x
554
1,373
Annexed by Lincolnton; no longer listed as a CDP after the 2000 census
Bonnie Doone Cumberland  
x
x
x
3,893
Annexed by Fayetteville; not listed as a CDP in the 2000 census
Butner Granville  
x
x
7,591
4,679
Incorporated prior to the 2010 census
Camp Lejeune Central Onslow  
x
x
x
36,716
Annexed by Jacksonville prior to the 2000 census
Eastover Cumberland  
x
x
1,376
1,243
Incorporated prior to the 2010 census
Fort Bragg Cumberland
Hoke
 
 
x
x
29,183
34,744
Annexed by Fayetteville; not listed as a CDP in the 2010 census
Hemby Bridge Union  
x
x
x
2,876
Incorporated prior to the 2000 census
Lewisville Forsyth  
x
x
x
3,206
Incorporated prior to the 2000 census
Masonboro New Hanover  
x
x
11,812
7,010
Annexed by Wilmington after the 2000 census
New Hope Wake  
x
x
x
5,694
Annexed by Raleigh prior to the 2000 census
New River Station Onslow  
x
x
x
9,732
Annexed by Jacksonville prior to the 2000 census
North Hickory Catawba  
x
x
x
4,299
Annexed by Hickory prior to the 2000 census
Parkwood Durham  
x
x
x
4,123
Annexed by Durham prior to the 2000 census
Pleasant Garden Guilford  
x
x
x
2,228
Incorporated prior to the 2000 census
Pope AFB Cumberland  
x
x
2,583
2,228
Annexed by Fayetteville prior to the 2010 census
Poplar Tent Cabarrus  
x
x
x
3,872
Annexed by Concord prior to the 2000 census
Seagate New Hanover  
x
x
4,590
5,444
Annexed by Wilmington after the 2000 census
Sedge Garden Forsyth  
x
x
x
2,784
Annexed by Winston-Salem prior to the 2000 census
Sherrills Ford Catawba  
x
x
941
3,185
Merged into the Lake Norman of Catawba CDP for the 2010 census
Smith Creek New Hanover  
x
x
x
7,461
Annexed by Wilmington prior to the 2000 census
South Gastonia Gaston  
x
x
5,433
5,487
Annexed by Gastonia; last appeared in the 2000 census

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Geographic Terms and Concepts– Place". United States Census Bureau. United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Chapter 9 – Places" in Geographic Areas Reference Manual (GARM), United States Census Bureau. Accessed November 19, 2016.
  3. ^ a b "1990 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - North Carolina" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.