Morehead City, North Carolina

Population: 7,691
Located in Carteret County

Welcome to Morehead City. Centrally located on North Carolina s crystal coast. the Morehead City waterfront is home to 1 of 2 state ports and is well known for its hospitality, fishing, and of course seafood. The area offers plenty for tourist from boardwalk boutiques, and antique shops to tours of Fort Macon and the North Carolina Maritime Museum.

Carteret County, home to Beaufort, Morehead City, Atlantic Beach and Emerald Isle provides entertainment for all ages, from bowling, swimming, putt putt, boat charters and rentals to 9 area golf courses, all located within 1 hours drive. So please take the time to visit North Carolina and its Crystal Coast and you will find out why we like calling North Carolina home.

Morehead City is Carteret County's other sound-side mainland seaport situated on the opposite bank of the Newport River from Beaufort. True to its maritime history, the city is home to several marine-research facilities such as the Institute of Marine Sciences and the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries. It is also home to the Ferry Division of the North Carolina Department of Transportation.

One of North Carolina's deep water ports, it also serves and a port of the Second Division of the US Marine Corps at Camp Lejeune. This area of North Carolina's "Crystal Coast" was the product of extensive planning by John Motley Morehead, governor of North Carolina from 1841 to 1845. He envisioned "a great commercial city" where Shepherd's Point intersected with the Newport River and Beaufort Inlet. Plans were developed to extend the North Carolina Railroad from Goldsboro to Shepherd's Point.

The first lots were sold at public auction in 1857. When the railroad was completed a year later, the area seemed destined for rapid development as a major port. However, Morehead City's continued development as a port was interrupted by The Civil War. Following the war, the shipping terminal deteriorated, but the railroad continued hauling vast quantities of seafood to the state's inland sections.

The section of the city known as the "Promised Land," -along Bridges Street- was settled by refugees from the whaling communities on Shackleford Banks. These communities, approximately six mile east of Morehead City by boat, were utterly destroyed by the great hurricane of 1899.

In recent years, a large charter-fishing fleet has developed. The town has regained its commercial viability as a modern port terminal as well as a being the "sound-side" of the Atlantic Beach resort trade.

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