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
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

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.