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Cherry Branch’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Cherry Branch. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Cherry Branch is a planned community and census-designated place (CDP) in Craven County, North Carolina, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 1,211.

Half of its homes were built before 2005.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Cherry Branch yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cherry Branch’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Cherry Branch

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Linda McMahonLinda McMahonNew Bern · 18 miMichael J. SmithMichael J. SmithBeaufort · 17 miKevin WilliamsonKevin WilliamsonNew Bern · 18 miMHMaddie HassonNew Bern · 18 miWalt BellamyWalt BellamyNew Bern · 18 miDMDennis MitchellHavelock · 5 mi
By decade

Cherry Branch, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Cherry Branch is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Cherry Branch has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Clubfoot and Harlow Canal in Cherry Branch, 7.5 miles away.

Cherry Branch and the nearest listed places

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Clubfoot and Harlow CanalHolt’s Chapel SchoolChina GroveNew Bern Battlefield SiteMorehead City Historic DistrictMorehead City Municipal Building

Closest to Cherry Branch

Clubfoot and Harlow CanalCherry Branch · Structure7.5miHolt’s Chapel SchoolArapahoe · Building7.8miChina GroveStonewall · Federal10.9miNew Bern Battlefield SiteNew Bern · Site13.9miMorehead City Historic DistrictMorehead City · Greek Revival15.6mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Clubfoot and Harlow Canal’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Cherry Branch?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Cherry Branch’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

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📜 Minnesott Beach📜 Havelock📜 Arapahoe📜 Oriental
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