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History · Grantsboro

Grantsboro’s post office opened in 1869

Most of Grantsboro was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1985. Below: maps from 1968 on.

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Quick answers

How Grantsboro began

When was Grantsboro founded?

1869

The Grantsboro post office opened in 1869, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1997.

2020 census: 692157 years
Founding year: the first Grantsboro post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1997.

What stands out about Grantsboro’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Grantsboro are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Grantsboro’s history is told.

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The story so far

Grantsboro, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Grantsboro yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Grantsboro is a town in Pamlico County, North Carolina, United States. It was incorporated in 1997 and is located at the intersection of North Carolina Highways 55 and 306. The town is part of the New Bern, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Grantsboro had a population of 692.

Its first post office opened in 1869. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 688 in 2010, 692 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Grantsboro on the map, 1968 to 1983

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

Grantsboro on the 1968 USGS mapGrantsboro on the 1974 USGS mapGrantsboro on the 1983 USGS map1968Bayboro sheet · 1:24,000

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Grantsboro

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

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Linda McMahonUnited States Secretary of Education since 2025 · b. 1948
Kevin WilliamsonAmerican screenwriter, director, and producer · b. 1965
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Maddie HassonAmerican actress · b. 1995
Walt BellamyAmerican basketball player · b. 1939
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Dennis MitchellAmerican track and field athlete, Olympic gold … · b. 1966
Lewis ArmisteadConfederate general · b. 1817
Places that used to be

Old corners

Grantsboro’s post office has been open since 1869.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Silver Hill

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.

AllianceIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Grantsboro’s history

What year was Grantsboro founded?

The Grantsboro post office opened in 1869, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1997.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.