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