Diamond City, North Carolina

Diamond City was a settlement on the eastern end of Shackleford Banks, in Carteret County, North Carolina. Due to a hurricane that struck in August 1899, the approximately 500 residents of the settlement and island decided to move.^[1] The last of the residents had left by 1902, and even relocated houses to nearby places such as Harkers Island and Morehead City.

Shackleford Banks is the westernmost island of the Cape Lookout National Seashore, which extends for 56 miles from Beaufort Inlet to Ocracoke Inlet.^[2]

There are no bridges from the mainland to the site where Diamond City was located or any other part of the Cape Lookout National Seashore. Visitors must ride a private boat or a passenger ferry to reach the undeveloped Shackleford Banks site.^[3]

Further reading

• Interview With Dorothy Guthrie At Harkers Island, North Carolina
• Cape Lookout National Seashore

References

Municipalities and communities of Carteret County, North Carolina, United States County seat: Beaufort Towns Atlantic Beach Beaufort Bogue Cape Carteret Cedar Point Emerald Isle Indian Beach Morehead City Newport Peletier Pine Knoll Shores CDPs Atlantic Broad Creek Davis Gloucester Harkers Island Marshallberg Other unincorporated communities Cedar Island Gales Creek Merrimon Otway Salter Path Sea Level Stella Wildwood Ghost towns Diamond City Portsmouth

Coordinates: 34°38′42″N 76°32′28″W / 34.645°N 76.541°W / 34.645; -76.541