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History · Bogue

Bogue’s post office opened in 1890

Most of Bogue was built recently: 0.9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1998. Below: maps from 1942 on and the census since 2000.

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How Bogue began

When was Bogue founded?

1890

The Bogue post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 590 in 20002020 census: 695136 years
Founding year: the first Bogue post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Bogue’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story

How Bogue came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Bogue.

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June 1899 was marked by two murders in the tiny town. On June 9, Elijah Weeks, a white merchant, was found dead in his store. The next day Lewis Patrick, a young black man, was detained because he had a piece of pork in his possession. He was arrested and taken to the county jail in Beaufort. On the night of June 14, 1899, he was taken from jail by a mob and out to a roadside, where he was shot to death, with his body left by the road for others to find. This was the only known lynching in Carteret County.

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Timeline

Bogue, 1890 to 1942

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1890Post officeThe Bogue post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1938Post officeThe Bogue post office closes
  5. 1942On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Bogue on the map, 1942 to 1994

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Bogue. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Bogue on the 1942 USGS mapBogue on the 1952 USGS mapBogue on the 1971 USGS mapBogue on the 1983 USGS mapBogue on the 1994 USGS map1942Swansboro sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Bogue.

People over time

Bogue, census by census

010020030040050060070020002020Peak: 695

Between 590 and 695 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Bogue’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Bogue

Nobody well known was born in Bogue itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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A.J. StylesAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1977
Michael J. SmithAmerican astronaut · b. 1945
Ryan AdamsAmerican musician · b. 1974
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Dennis MitchellAmerican track and field athlete, Olympic gold … · b. 1966
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Edwin HodgeAmerican actor · b. 1985
Jamal ShulerAmerican basketball player · b. 1986
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Bogue had its own post office from 1890 to 1938.

Bogue
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18901960today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

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Questions about Bogue’s history

What year was Bogue founded?

The Bogue post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.