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History · Grantsboro

Grantsboro’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold no old photos of Grantsboro. 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

Grantsboro is a town in Pamlico County, North Carolina, United States. It was incorporated in 1997 and is located at the intersection of North Carolina Highways 55 and 306. The town is part of the New Bern, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Grantsboro had a population of 692.

Grantsboro was established in 1997. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 688 people in 2010, 692 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1985.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Grantsboro 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 Grantsboro’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Grantsboro

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Linda McMahonLinda McMahonNew Bern · 13 miKevin WilliamsonKevin WilliamsonNew Bern · 13 miMHMaddie HassonNew Bern · 13 miWalt BellamyWalt BellamyNew Bern · 13 miDMDennis MitchellHavelock · 17 miChasey LainChasey LainNewport · 26 mi
By decade

Grantsboro, 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 Grantsboro is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Grantsboro has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is China Grove in Stonewall, 7.4 miles away.

Grantsboro and the nearest listed places

Dashed line = Grantsboro. Tap a dot.
China GroveHolt’s Chapel SchoolGull HarborCoor-Bishop HouseSlover-Bradham HouseEli Smallwood House

Closest to Grantsboro

China GroveStonewall · Building7.4miHolt’s Chapel SchoolArapahoe · Building9.1miGull HarborNew Bern · Building11miCoor-Bishop HouseNew Bern · Built 190411.1miSlover-Bradham HouseNew Bern · Building11.1mi

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. China Grove’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Grantsboro?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Grantsboro’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

nearby towns’ history
📜 Alliance📜 Bayboro📜 Stonewall📜 Arapahoe
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