List of census-designated places in North Carolina

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

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

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

References

  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.
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