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Beaufort, colonial seaport town, seat of Carteret county, southeastern North Carolina, U.S. It lies opposite Morehead City on Beaufort Harbor (there bridged) and is linked to the Atlantic Ocean by Beaufort Inlet, which there, between Bogue and Shackleford banks, receives the Newport River. Laid out in 1715 on the site of a Native American village (Wareiock), it was incorporated in 1723 and named for Henry Somerset, 2nd duke of Beaufort (1684–1714). Many colonial houses remain along narrow oak-lined streets, and the town’s Old Burying Ground has interesting colonial markers. Beaufort Harbor was the base of the pirate Blackbeard (Edward Teach) ...(100 of 190 words)

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