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 1,499
1,138
x
Alexis Gaston 589
x
x
Altamahaw Alamance 334
Anderson Creek Harnett 13,636
x
x
Aquadale Stanly 348
Arrowhead Beach Chowan 640
x
x
Ashley Heights Hoke 301
Atlantic Carteret 468
Avery Creek Buncombe 2,241
1,144
Avon Dare 832
Balfour Henderson 1,335
1,118
Barker Heights Henderson 1,249
1,137
Barker Ten Mile Robeson 937
Barnardsville Buncombe 559
x
x
Bayshore New Hanover 3,833
1,661
Bayview Beaufort 298
Bell Arthur Pitt 477
Belvoir Pitt 315
Bennett Chatham 284
Bent Creek Buncombe 1,402
1,487
Bethlehem Alexander 4,491
3,186
Blue Clay Farms New Hanover 168
Bonnetsville Sampson 318
Bowdens Duplin 196
x
x
Bowmore Hoke 76
Brandywine Bay Carteret 1,153
Briar Chapel Chatham 5,108
Brices Creek Craven 3,542
Broad Creek Carteret 1,968
Brogden Wayne 2,510
3,246
Buies Creek Harnett 3,253
2,085
Bunnlevel Harnett 516
Butters Bladen 250
Buxton Dare 1,181
Camden Camden 620
Cape Colony Chowan 691
Caroleen Rutherford 560
Carolina Meadows Chatham 727
Cashiers Jackson 657
Castle Hayne New Hanover 1,243
968
1,182
Centerville Franklin 149
Cherokee Jackson Swain 2,195
Cherry Branch Craven 1,211
Chinquapin Duplin 86
Chowan Beach Chowan 385
x
x
Cliffside Rutherford 530
Coinjock Currituck 337
Cordova Richmond 1,653
Cove Creek Watauga 1,068
Cricket Wilkes 1,966
2,015
Crouse Lincoln 322
x
x
Cullowhee Jackson 7,682
4,029
Cypress Landing Beaufort 1,257
x
x
Dana Henderson 3,683
Davis Carteret 311
Deep Run Lenoir 572
Deercroft Scotland 414
Delco Columbus 287
Delway Sampson 150
Denver Lincoln 2,697
Dudley Wayne 826
Dundarrach Hoke 34
East Flat Rock Henderson 5,757
East Rockingham Richmond 3,471
4,158
Edneyville Henderson 2,395
Efland Orange 852
Elrod Robeson 391
Elroy Wayne 3,755
4,028
Emma Buncombe 2,174
Engelhard Hyde 374
Enochville Rowan 2,893
2,901
Etowah Henderson 7,642
1,997
Evergreen Columbus 336
Fairfield Hyde 231
Fairfield Harbour Craven 2,767
Fairplains Wilkes 2,029
2,339
Fairview Buncombe 2,771
1,830
Farmington Davie 291
Fearrington Village Chatham 2,557
1,101
Five Points Hoke 961
Flat Rock Surry 1,326
1,812
Forest Oaks Guilford 4,209
3,054
Foscoe Watauga 1,457
Frisco Dare 994
Fruitland Henderson 2,257
Germanton Forsyth Stokes 790
Gerton Henderson 290
Glen Raven Alamance 3,239
2,616
Glenville Jackson 155
Glenwood McDowell 501
x
x
Gloucester Carteret 495
Gold Hill Rowan 372
Gorman Durham 1,104
1,090
Governors Club Chatham 1,969
Governors Village Chatham 1,512
Graingers Lenoir 229
Grandy Currituck 2,776
Gulf Chatham 122
Half Moon Onslow 7,543
6,306
Hallsboro Columbus 382
Hampstead Pender 7,016
Harkers Island Carteret 1,127
1,759
Hatteras Dare 577
Hays Wilkes 1,595
1,522
Henrietta Rutherford 395
Hiddenite Alexander 507
Hightsville New Hanover 710
Hobucken Pamlico 99
Hollister Halifax 618
Hoopers Creek Henderson 1,074
Horse Shoe Henderson 2,430
Icard Burke 2,452
2,553
Ingold Sampson 416
Iron Station Lincoln 825
Ivanhoe Sampson 198
JAARS Union 471
Jackson Heights Lenoir 1,071
Jackson Springs Moore 154
James City Craven 5,291
4,279
Keener Sampson 540
Kelly Bladen 446
Kings Grant New Hanover 8,466
Lake Junaluska Haywood 3,219
2,482
Lake Norman of Catawba Catawba 8,658
Lake Norman of Iredell Iredell 11,395
Lake Royale Franklin 3,392
Laurel Hill Scotland 1,121
Light Oak Cleveland 697
1,339
Linville Avery 283
Long Creek Pender 277
Lowesville Lincoln 3,281
1,092
Lowgap Surry 267
Mamers Harnett 814
Manns Harbor Dare 790
Mar-Mac Wayne 3,184
3,282
Marble Cherokee 278
Marshallberg Carteret 341
Maury Greene 1,404
McLeansville Guilford 1,113
1,154
Millers Creek Wilkes 1,931
1,787
Millingport Stanly 588
Milwaukee Northampton 157
Moncure Chatham 780
Moravian Falls Wilkes 1,712
1,736
Mountain Home Henderson 3,490
1,898
Mountain View Catawba 3,590
3,697
Moyock Currituck 5,154
Mulberry Wilkes 2,275
2,339
Murraysville New Hanover 16,582
14,215
7,279
Myrtle Grove New Hanover 11,476
8,875
7,125
4,275
Nebo McDowell 1,790
x
x
Neuse Forest Craven 2,110
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 3,842
Northlakes Caldwell 1,543
1,219
Ocracoke Hyde 797
Ogden New Hanover 8,200
3,228
Old Hundred Scotland 218
Pinetown Beaufort 147
Piney Green Onslow 14,386
13,293
11,658
8,999
Pinnacle Stokes 786
Plain View Sampson 1,923
Pleasant Hill Wilkes 831
1,114
Porters Neck New Hanover 7,397
Potters Hill Duplin 437
Prospect Robeson 873
Pumpkin Center Onslow 1,855
2,857
Raemon Robeson 197
Rex Robeson 50
Riegelwood Columbus 545
River Road Beaufort 4,048
3,892
Roberdel Richmond 246
Rockfish Hoke 3,383
Rocky Point Pender 1,476
Rodanthe Dare 213
Rougemont Durham Person 1,001
Royal Pines Buncombe 4,127
4,418
Ruffin Rockingham 322
Salem Burke 2,356
2,271
Salvo Dare 303
Saxapahaw Alamance 1,671
1,178
Scotch Meadows Scotland 568
Sea Breeze New Hanover 2,245
Seven Lakes Moore 4,900
2,049
Shannon Robeson 217
Silver City Hoke 643
1,343
Silver Lake New Hanover 6,500
4,071
Skippers Corner New Hanover 2,912
Smithtown Yadkin 224
Sneads Ferry Onslow 2,548
2,031
South Henderson Vance 988
1,374
South Mills Camden 362
South Rosemary Halifax 2,753
1,955
South Weldon Halifax 550
1,640
Southmont Davidson 1,563
Spivey's Corner Sampson 576
Spout Springs Harnett 11,040
Springdale Gaston 1,203
St. Stephens Catawba 8,852
8,734
Stokes Pitt 357
Stony Point Alexander Iredell 1,146
Sunbury Gates 276
Swan Quarter Hyde 275
Swannanoa Buncombe 5,021
Toast Surry 1,423
Tyro Davidson 8,926
Valle Crucis Watauga 436
Valley Hill Henderson 2,207
Vander Cumberland 1,388
Vann Crossroads Sampson 306
Wakulla Robeson 112
Wanchese Dare 1,522
Waves Dare 172
Welcome Davidson 4,131
West Canton Haywood 1,265
West Marion McDowell 1,226
Westport Lincoln 5,705
White Oak Bladen 346
White Plains Surry 1,025
Whittier Jackson Swain 25
x
x
Woodlawn Alamance 912
Wrightsboro New Hanover 5,526
Yadkin College Davidson 377
x
x
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
Lists of census-designated places in the United States by state
States By population