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Ghost town · Pender County, North Carolina
Exeter is a ghost town in Pender County, North Carolina. It is the only former community in Pender County recorded on the federal names register, out of 280 across North Carolina.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Exeter as a historical populated place on the Stag Park topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 34.5574° N, 77.8078° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Stag Park |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 31 ft |
| Nearest living town | Burgaw, NC |
| Distance to it | 6.6 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1023383 |
| Coordinates | 34.55739, -77.80776 |
What's there now
Exeter is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Burgaw, NC (population 3,249), about 6.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 31 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Price Creek Lightlighthouse · Brunswick County · 44.2 mi
- Oak Island Lightlighthouse · Brunswick County · 47.8 mi
- Cape Fear Lightlighthouse · Brunswick County · 47.8 mi
- Bald Head Lighthouselighthouse · Brunswick County · 48.6 mi
- Happersvilleghost town · Lenoir County · 49.6 mi
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.