Gloucester, North Carolina
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Gloucester is an unincorporated area and
census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) in
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North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...
, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 537.


Geography

Gloucester is located just east of the center of Carteret County, on the northern side of The Straits, a tidal channel connecting
Core Sound The Core Sound is a sound in eastern North Carolina located between the mainland of Carteret County and Core Banks, part of the Outer Banks of North Carolina. It lies between the large Pamlico Sound to the northeast and the smaller Back Sound ...
to the east with the North River to the west. The Gloucester CDP is bounded by Whitehurst Creek to the west and Sleepy Creek to the east, both tidal inlets from The Straits. The community is east of the town of Beaufort by water and by road. The Gloucester CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.98%, is water.


Demographics


Notable people

* David B. Mintz, Methodist circuit rider minister for Gloucester in 1803


References


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Census-designated places in Carteret County, North Carolina Census-designated places in North Carolina Populated coastal places in North Carolina {{CarteretCountyNC-geo-stub