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Morganton

city in Burke County, North Carolina, United States
Place City In The United States Q1021031

Facts

20 properties

Identity

Instance of
city in the United States, county seat, city in North Carolina[4][5]
Inception
1777[9]
Official website
www.ci.morganton.nc.us[10]
Official name
Morganton[16]

Location

Country
United States[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 35.742°, -81.692°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Burke County[1]

Population and size

Area
+49.606462, +49.60552[20][21]
Elevation above sea level
+354[19]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 354 m GeoNames 352 m edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗
Population
17k (17k–17k, n=3)[11][12][13]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 17,310 · 16,918 · 17,474 GeoNames 16,692 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗

Codes

Local dialing code
828[8]
Postal code
28655, 28680[6][7]
More facts +8
Capital of
Burke County[15]
Different from
Morganton[18]
Head of government
Ronnie Thompson[3]
Located in the statistical territorial entity
Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton metropolitan area[23]
Number of households
+5945[17]
Office held by the head of government
Mayor of Morganton, North Carolina[14]
Per capita income
+21584[24]
Water as percent of area
+0[22]
🏷️ Also known as
en Morganton en Morganton, NC en Morganton, North Carolina ar مورغانتون ar مورغانتون، كارولاينا الشماليه es Morganton (Carolina del Norte) fa مرگنتن ja モーガントン ko 모건턴 ru Моргантон ru Моргантон (Северная Каролина) zh 摩根頓
🔖 Identifiers · 19
VIAF cluster ID
140754316
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n83030438
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Train Depot, Morganton, North Carolina (2008).jpg ↗
ArchINFORM location ID
33509
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Morganton
FIPS 55-3 (locations in the US)
37-44400
FactGrid item ID
Napoleone
Freebase ID
/m/0ydwb
GNIS Feature ID
990244, 2404304
GeoNames ID
4480219
J9U entity ID
987007566928905171
MusicBrainz area ID
d37c77ff-d24c-4e52-8b6d-6b4e8907f472
Show all 19 identifiers +7
OpenStreetMap relation ID
179901
Quora topic ID
Morganton-NC
Topic's main category
Category:Morganton, North Carolina
UN/LOCODE
USMRN
Who's on First ID
85980821
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJfxb3xphTQt6PJbfKqJDq
Yale LUX ID
place/a3c8f944-6018-4eb2-aec9-c8ef198bbc79

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🔗 Connections
People born here 8
Sam Ervin, Johnny Bristol, Tod Robinson Caldwell, Joseph Wilson Ervin, Billy Joe Patton, Dennis Mims, Sam J. Ervin IV, Tommy Giles Rogers, Jr.
← Place of publication 8
The News Herald, Burke County Times, The Blue Ridge Blade, The Burke County News, The Carolina Mountaineer, The Farmer's Friend, The Morganton Star, The News-Herald
Instance of 2
county seat, city in the United States
People who died here 2
Thomas Lanier Clingman, Billy Joe Patton
Capital of 1
Burke County
Country 1
United States
Different from 1
Morganton
FactGrid item ID 1
Napoleone
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Burke County
Located in time zone 1
Eastern Time Zone
← Capital 1
Burke County
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Burke County
← Place served by transport hub 1
Foothills Regional Airport
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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . morganton.com. Retrieved . morganton.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . nctreasurer.com. nctreasurer.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . ci.morganton.nc.us. ci.morganton.nc.us. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category of associated people → Wikidata item
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Burke County
    Official website → http://www.ci.morganton.nc.us/
    Coordinate location → 35.742°, -81.692°
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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