What County Is Morehead City, North Carolina In?

Morehead City is in Carteret County, North Carolina.

Morehead City town: generalized boundary, north up. Open street map ↗
Official code
3744320
Representative coordinates
34.727891, -76.739088
Land area
19.247 km²
Water area
8.206 km²
State
North Carolina
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Coordinates of Morehead City

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Elevation in Morehead City

3 m · 10 ft. GNIS archived height at its named reference point (34.7301674, -76.738914), which may differ from the Census point. Terrain height varies across the place; this is not a city-wide or surveyed elevation. Request height at a different point.

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Time zones in Morehead City

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Census ZIP areas

28512 · 28516 · 28557 · 28570

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