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Beaufort, NC
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Beaufort ( "BO-furt") is a town in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 3,771 at the 2000 census and it is the county seat of Carteret County. It is sometimes confused with a city of the same name in South Carolina; the two are distinguished by different pronunciations. Beaufort is the third oldest town in North Carolina, after Bath and New Bern and was surveyed in 1713. Beaufort is located in North Carolina's Inner Banks region. The town is home to the North Carolina Maritime Museum. It is also home to the Duke University Marine Laboratory (Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences), where scientists study the marine environment and develop solutions to conservation problems in coastal and oceanic ecosystems.
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Notable residentsSamuel Ashe, (1725-1813), born in Beaufort, Anti-Federalist Governor of North CarolinaMichael J. Smith, astronaut (deceased) Decorated fighter pilot. Captain of the ill-fated NASA Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-51-L.Brien Taylor, Selected first in the Major League Baseball draft of 1991 by the New York Yankees but never played in the major leagues.GeographyBeaufort is located at (34.720729, -76.652569).
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Notable residentsSamuel Ashe, (1725-1813), born in Beaufort, Anti-Federalist Governor of North CarolinaMichael J. Smith, astronaut (deceased) Decorated fighter pilot. Captain of the ill-fated NASA Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-51-L.Brien Taylor, Selected first in the Major League Baseball draft of 1991 by the New York Yankees but never played in the major leagues.GeographyBeaufort is located at (34.720729, -76.652569).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 3.5 square miles (9.2 km²), of which, 2.7 square miles (7.1 km²) of it is land and 0.8 square miles (2.1 km²) of it (22.82%) is water.
EducationThe city is served by Carteret County Schools.
Sister CitiesAccording to Beaufort Sister Cities, Inc., the city of Beaufort has 19 sister cities:
Beaufort, Victoria, Australia Beaufort-Blavincourt, France Beaufort-en-Argonne, France Chapdes-Beaufort, France Montmorency-Beaufort, France Beaufort-sur-Doron, France Beaufort-en-Santerre, France Beaufort-en-Vallée, France Beaufort-sur-Gervanne, France Beaufort, Haute-Garonne, France Beaufort, Hérault, France Beaufort, Isère, France Beaufort Jura, France Beaufort Nord, France Beaufort, County Kerry, Ireland Beaufort, Luxembourg Beaufort, Sabah, Malaysia Beaufort, Western Cape, South Africa Beaufort, Wales United KingdomExternal linksOfficial Municipal WebsiteO.T.I.S.: Odd Things I've Seen
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