Morganton is a city in and the county seat of Burke County, North Carolina, United States. It is located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains along the Catawba River.
Southeast
Morganton
Burke County, NC
Population
17,457
Walk Score
75 · Very Walkable
Median rent
$793
Median home value
$179,600
Founded
1777
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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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