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A city of 17,646 people in North Carolina
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City in North Carolina, United States
1777Established
17,474Population
19.2 sq miArea
1,161 ftElevation

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. The population was 17,474 at the 2020 census. Morganton is approximately 75 miles (121 km) northwest of Charlotte and 57 miles (92 km) east of Asheville. It is one of the principal cities in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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ZIP code28655, 28680
Area code828
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