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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