A town of 391, settled in 1705. Home to 5 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
The thing Bath does most differently from other towns.
![The Old Colonial House, the Governor's Mansion in olden days. Supposed to have been built 1730 [Palmer-Marsh House]](https://images.towntapestry.org/story/11921/73d76a75f7ecb13e236c-l.jpg)
6 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 5 places on the National Register.
Coastal flooding makes up 8% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
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Ordered by what stands out in Bath. Another town gets a different order.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 98% of U.S. communities.
Most working residents leave Bath for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (16%), Greenville (12%) and Raleigh (4%). Half commute less than 33 miles.
Bath has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 89°, a January night drops to 35°, and snow is almost unheard of.
Bath beats the North Carolina average on 11 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 9.
| What stands out | Bath | NC |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7.3% | 12.2% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.2% | 8.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 14.2% | 7.9% |
The public schools Bath’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 56% of North Carolina’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bath Elementary | K–8 | 511 | B+ |
0.1 miles of trails across 1 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bonner's Point | — | 4 |
The typical Bath home is worth about $334,000, up 3.1% in a year, close to the North Carolina typical home.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
5 places in Bath on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in North Carolina, United States
Bath is a town in Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States. Located on the Pamlico River, it developed a trade in naval stores, furs, and tobacco. The population was 245 at the 2020 census. North Carolina's first town and port of entry, it was chartered on March 8, 1705. Historically, Bath is often counted as North Carolina's first capital, as it was nominally so designated in 1712, when the Province of North Carolina was separated from the Province of Carolina and granted its own governor, though no permanent government institutions were located there. The capital was officially moved to Edenton in 1722, but the meetings of the General Assembly would still periodically occur in Bath …
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