The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusVanceboro is a town in Craven County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Vanceboro had a population of 869. Originally called Swift Creek, residents renamed the town for Zebulon B. Vance after he visited there during his 1876 campaign for governor. It is part of the New Bern, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,005 to 869 (-14%). Half of its homes were built before 1985.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Vanceboro 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.
Start Vanceboro’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Vanceboro’s history is told.
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Vanceboro, decade by decade
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![The Mill Stream [1924]](https://images.towntapestry.org/story/12099/553fecedd391d6f16ebd-s.jpg)
Nothing in Vanceboro is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Vanceboro has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Clear Springs Plantation in Vanceboro, 6.5 miles away.
Vanceboro and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.