Gloucester
Discover Gloucester, North Carolina
A small Down East fishing community on the road to Core Sound.
Gloucester is one of the quiet Down East communities strung along the road east of Beaufort, between Straits and Marshallberg in Carteret County. Named for Gloucester, Massachusetts in the early 1900s, it is a small, residential, water-oriented place where fishing, boatbuilding, and boat repair remain part of daily life. There is no downtown here, just a close-knit community and the marshes and sounds around it.
Life Down East
Like its neighbors, Gloucester lives by the water and the tide. Days are shaped by Core Sound, the working harbors, and a coastal-heritage way of life that has changed little in generations. It is simple, authentic, and quiet, part of a stretch of coast that still feels wonderfully undiscovered.
Getting around
Gloucester sits along the Down East road network east of Beaufort, near Straits and Marshallberg. Beaufort is the nearest historic town for services and the Maritime Museum, and Morehead City provides the area's larger shopping and hospital.
Schools
Gloucester is served by Carteret County Schools, with the nearest high school in Beaufort.
Finding a home
Look here for waterfront and water-access properties, cottages and homes on wooded and marsh-edge lots, and rural land. It is a small, limited market where privacy and the water are the draw. Explore what is available below, and reach out when one fits.
What is Gloucester, NC like?
Gloucester is a small, residential Down East fishing community in Carteret County, named for Gloucester, Massachusetts, where fishing and boatbuilding remain part of local life.
Where is Gloucester, NC?
Gloucester sits along the Down East road east of Beaufort, between Straits and Marshallberg, near Core Sound.
What kinds of homes are in Gloucester?
Waterfront and water-access properties, cottages and homes on wooded and marsh-edge lots, and rural land.
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