Morehead City
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city in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- County
- Carteret
- Mayor
- Gerald A. Jones, Jr.
- City manager
- Ryan Eggleston
- City council
- David A. Horton, George W. Ballou, William F. Taylor, Diane C. Warrender, Keri V. McCann
- Total
- 10.58 sq mi (27.39 km )
- Land
- 7.41 sq mi (19.18 km )
- Water
- 3.17 sq mi (8.21 km )
- Elevation
- 10 ft (3.0 m)
- Density
- 1,290.2/sq mi (498.13/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 37-44320
- Website
- www .moreheadcitync .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Morehead City
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Carteret County
- Population
- 9556
- Area
- 22.05704
- Elevation
- 5
- Official website
- www.townofmorehead.com
- Image
- Morehead City.jpg
- Households
- 4663
- Dialing code
- 252
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- postal code
- 28557
- Commons category
- Morehead City, North Carolina
- inception
- 1855-01-01
- P8168
- Papuan
- water as percent of area
- 19.5547
- per capita income
- 34136
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Morehead City is a port city in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 8,661 at the 2010 census. Morehead City celebrated the 150th anniversary of its founding on May 5, 2007. It forms part of the Crystal Coast.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Morehead City” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.