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Beaufort
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town in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- County
- Carteret
- Named after
- Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort
- Total
- 7.84 sq mi (20.31 km )
- Land
- 5.08 sq mi (13.17 km )
- Water
- 2.75 sq mi (7.13 km )
- Elevation
- 3 ft (0.91 m)
- Density
- 877.5/sq mi (338.82/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 37-04260
- Website
- www .beaufortnc .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Beaufort
- Population
- 4464
- Area
- 14.54923
- Elevation
- 3
- Official website
- www.beaufortnc.org
- Image
- Grayden Paul Drawbridge in Beaufort, North Carolina, in 2011.jpg
- Households
- 2160
- Dialing code
- 252
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- Commons category
- Beaufort, North Carolina
- postal code
- 28516
- inception
- 1709-01-01
- water as percent of area
- 17.75
- per capita income
- 26373
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Beaufort (/ˈboʊfərt/ BOH-fərt) is a town in and the county seat of Carteret County, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1709, Established in 1713 and incorporated in 1723, Beaufort is the third oldest town in North Carolina (after Bath, New Bern). The population was 4,464 at the 2020 census.
Beaufort is located in North Carolina's "Inner Banks" region. The town is home to the North Carolina Maritime Museum, the Duke University Marine Laboratory (Nicholas School of the Environment), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research. It is also the location of the Rachel Carson Reserve, part of the N.C. Coastal Reserve and National Estuarine Research Reserve system. It is sometimes confused with a city of the same name in South Carolina; the two are distinguished by different pronunciations.