The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusMarshallberg is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Marshallberg had a population of 341. It lies on the mainland, directly across Core Sound from Harkers Island and Cape Lookout beyond that. Lying at the extreme southeast corner of a peninsula, it is isolated from other Carteret County communities and only a single road connects it to the rest of the state.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 403 to 341 (-15%). Half of its homes were built before 1981.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Marshallberg 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 Marshallberg’s history is told.
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Marshallberg, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Marshallberg is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Marshallberg has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Cape Lookout Light Station in Harkers Island, 7.1 miles away.
Marshallberg and the nearest listed places
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.