Southeast

Morganton

Burke County, NC

Population

17,457

Walk Score

75 · Very Walkable

Median rent

$793

Median home value

$179,600

Founded

1777

On the National Register

Historic districts

  • Avery Avenue Historic District · listed 1987
  • Broughton Hospital Historic District · listed 1987
  • Jonesboro Historic District · listed 1987
  • Morganton Downtown Historic District · listed 1987
  • North Carolina School for the Deaf Historic District · listed 1989
  • North Green Street-Bouchelle Street Historic District · listed 1987
  • South King Street Historic District · listed 1987
  • West Union Street Historic District · listed 1987
  • White Street-Valdese Avenue Historic District · listed 1987

Notable landmarks

  • Avery Avenue School · listed 1987
  • Avery, Alphonse Calhoun, House · listed 1984
  • Bellevue · listed 1973
  • Burke County Courthouse · listed 1970
  • Creekside · listed 1972
  • Dale's, USB Market · listed 1987
  • Dunavant Cotton Manufacturing Company · listed 2013
  • Forney, Jacob, Jr., House · listed 1976
  • Gaither House · listed 1976
  • Garrou-Morganton Full-Fashioned Hosiery Mills · listed 1999
  • Gaston Chapel · listed 1984
  • Hunting Creek Railroad Bridge · listed 1987
  • Lackey, John Alexander, House · listed 1987
  • Magnolia Place · listed 1973
  • Magnolia Place (Boundary Decrease) · listed 2018
  • Mountain View · listed 1984
  • North Carolina School for the Deaf: Main Building · listed 1976
  • Quaker Meadows · listed 1973
  • Quaker Meadows Cemetery · listed 1987
  • Riddle, Dr. Joseph Bennett, House · listed 1984
  • Southern Railway Freight Station · listed 2020
  • Swan Ponds · listed 1973
  • Tate House · listed 1973
  • Tate, Franklin Pierce, House · listed 1986
  • Walker Top Baptist Church · listed 2024
  • …and 1 more

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