New Bern, North Carolina

New Bern's location near the Atlantic Coast renders it subject to the effects of Atlantic hurricane seasons. For example, in the 18th century, the town suffered severe damage in the Great Chesapeake Bay Hurricane of 1769. Other hurricanes, such as Hurricane Ione in 1955 and Hurricane Floyd in 1999, have also caused significant flooding and damage. In September 2018, Hurricane Florence made landfall in the United States just south of Wrightsville Beach, 88.4 miles southwest of New Bern. A storm surge of up to 13.5 feet, in addition to days of heavy rains, severely flooded various parts of the town. [National Hurricane Center Storm Surge Inundation Map, Sept 13, 2018] ==Geography==

(bottom center) and Neuse (left to right) Rivers New Bern is located at the confluence of the Trent and Neuse Rivers, two tidal waterways, in North Carolina's Inner Banks region. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which , or 4.87%, is covered by water. {{cite web ==Demographics==

2020 census As of the 2020 census, New Bern had a population of 31,291. The median age was 42.8 years. 20.8% of residents were under the age of 18 and 24.0% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 86.8 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 82.7 males age 18 and over. 95.1% of residents lived in urban areas, while 4.9% lived in rural areas. There were 15,655 housing units, of which 11.9% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.7% and the rental vacancy rate was 9.5%. 2010 census The City of New Bern 2010 Census information shows the population of the area was approximately 29,524 people. From 2000 to 2010, the New Bern city population growth percentage was 27.7% (or from 23,128 people to 29,524 people). 22.8% of the New Bern city residents were under 18 years of age. Census 2010 race data for New Bern city include the racial breakdown percentages of 57.0 white, 32.8% black, 3.6% Asian, 5.8% Hispanic and less than 1% Native American, Also, there were 14,471 housing units in the City of New Bern, 88.2% of which were occupied housing units. ==Arts and culture==

New Bern has several sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places. ==Education==

Colleges • Craven Community College • University of Mount Olive at New Bern High schools • New Bern High School • Craven Early College High School Middle schools • Grover C. Fields Middle School • H.J. McDonald Middle School • West Craven Middle School Elementary schools • Trent Park Elementary School • Oaks Road Elementary School • J.T. Barber Elementary School • Brinson Memorial Elementary School • Ben D. Quinn Elementary School • Albert H. Bangert Elementary School • Creekside Elementary School • Bridgeton Elementary School Private schools • Calvary Baptist Christian School • St. Paul Catholic School (St. Paul Education Center) • The Epiphany School of Global Studies • New Bern Christian Academy ==Media==

Radio stations • 1450 AM / 104.3 FM WNOS – News/Talk/Sports • 1490 AM / 103.9 FM WWNB - ESPN Radio – sports talk • 88.5 FM WZNB - Public Radio East – Classical Music • 89.3 FM WTEB - Public Radio East – NPR/News/Talk • 89.9 FM W210BS - Classical WCPE • 92.7 FM WBNK - K-Love - Christian Contemporary • 91.9 FM WAAE - American Family Radio – Religious • 93.3 FM WERO - Bob 93.3 - Top 40 • 94.1 FM WNBU - Talk • 95.1 FM WRNS - Country • 95.7 FM W239BC - R&B Oldies • 97.5 FM WLGT - The Bridge – Contemporary Christian • 97.9 FM WNBB – Classic Country • 99.5 FM WMJV – 99.5/97.5 The Wave – Hot Adult Contemporary • 101.9 FM WIKS - Kiss FM – Hip Hop & R&B • 103.3 FM WMGV - V103.3 - Soft AC • 104.5 FM WSTK - Variety • 105.1 FM WBKZ - Air 1 - Christian Contemporary • 105.5 FM WXQR – Pure Rock • 107.9 FM WNCT – Classic Hits • 106.5 FM WSFL – Classic Rock • 107.1 FM WTKF-FM – The Talk Station ==News papers==

• New Bern Sun Journal • New Bern Live ==Infrastructure==

Transportation Coastal Carolina Regional Airport is a public airport located south of the central business district of New Bern. The airport offers connecting flights to Charlotte and, via Breeze Airways, flights to Hartford, Connecticut and Orlando, Florida daily. The New Bern Transport Corporation, a business entity owned by PepsiCo to manage its fleet of delivery trucks and other motor vehicles, is located in White Plains, New York, but was named after the town where Pepsi-Cola was first developed. The north–south U.S. Route 17 and the east–west U.S. Route 70 pass through New Bern. As late as 1950, the Atlantic and East Carolina Railway offered passenger train service through New Bern to Morehead City to the east, by the Atlantic coast and to Goldsboro Union Station, where timed connections could be made with the Southern Railway's trains to central and western North Carolina. Service was terminated by the end of 1951. ==Notable people==

• Charles Laban Abernethy (1872–1955), US Congressman from North Carolina between 1922 and 1935 • Lewis Addison Armistead (1817–1863), Confederate States Army general • John Eric Armstrong (born 1973), serial killer who killed at least 5 prostitutes in Detroit, Michigan; Born in New Bern • Shawn Armstrong (born 1990), MLB pitcher • George Edmund Badger (1795–1866), US Senator from 1846 to 1855 • Bessie Banks (born 1938), singer, first to record the song "Go Now" • Graham Arthur Barden (1896–1967), 13-term US congressman from 1935 to 1961 • Cullen A. Battle (1829–1905), postbellum mayor of New Bern • Samuel J. Battle (1883–1966), first African-American policeman in New York City • Walt Bellamy (1939–2013), NBA Hall of Fame basketball player • Sarah Boone (1832–1904), inventor • Bill Bunting (born 1947), NBA Basketball player • Christoph von Graffenried, 1st Baron of Bernberg (1661–1743), British peer from the Canton of Bern, who founded New Bern in 1710 • William J. Hutchins (1813–1884), mercantilist, railroad owner, and Mayor of Houston from 1861 to 1862 • Donna Hutchinson (born 1949), former member of Arkansas House of Representatives, born in New Bern • Jumpin Jackie Jackson (1940–2019), Harlem Globetrotter basketball player • George Koonce (born 1968), NFL player for Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks; athletic director of University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee • Peter Loftin (1958–2019), entrepreneur • Bob Mann (1924–2006), NFL player; first African American to play for Detroit Lions and later Green Bay Packers • Aaron Martin (born 1941), former NFL player for Los Angeles Rams, Philadelphia Eagles, and Washington Redskins • Donum Montford (1771–1838), brickmason • Eliza Jane McKissack (1828–1900), director and founding member of Conservatory of Music at University of North Texas • Linda McMahon (born 1948), 25th administrator of the Small Business Administration and former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment • David B. Mintz (), Methodist minister and circuit rider • Michael R. Morgan (born 1955), African American justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina • Rob Morgan (born 1973) actor • Dan Neil (born 1960), Pulitzer Prize-winning automotive journalist • Bob Perry (1934–2017), MLB outfielder • James E.C. Perry (born 1944), justice of Supreme Court of Florida • Henry Lee Scott (1814–1886), U.S. Army colonel and son-in-law of Winfield Scott • Chandler Seagle (born 1996), MLB catcher • Teddy Shapou (1919–1985), Flying Tiger during World War II • Brian Simmons (born 1975), NFL player for Cincinnati Bengals and New Orleans Saints • Furnifold Simmons (1854–1940), former U.S. senator • William Henry Singleton (1843–1938), former slave who became noted American Civil War soldier • Nicholas Sparks (born 1965), best-selling author of romance novels and films • Richard Dobbs Spaight (1758–1802), 8th Governor of North Carolina from 1792 to 1795, and US congressman for the 10th District from 1798 to 1801 • Sara Stanley (1837–1918) Abolitionist, educator • Edward Stanly (1810–1872), son of John Stanly, congressman 1837–1843, appointed military governor of North Carolina in 1862 • Fabius Maximus Stanly (1815–1882), rear admiral of U.S. Navy, namesake of WWII destroyer USS Stanly (DD-478) • John Stanly (1774–1834), father of Edward Stanly, US congressman (1801–1803 and 1809–1811) • Sean Strickland (born 1991), MMA fighter, currently competing in the middleweight division of the UFC as of August 2021 • Adam Warren (born 1987), MLB pitcher • George Henry White (1852–1918), attorney, banker, last of four African-American US congressmen from North Carolina in the 19th century; next was not elected until 1992 • Kevin Meade Williamson (born 1966), screenwriter, involved with Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer, and television series ''Dawson's Creek'' • Bayard Wootten (1875–1959), photographer and suffragette ==In popular culture==

• Jules Verne's 1896 novel Face au Drapeau (Facing the Flag) featured New Bern as the place where one of that story's main characters is committed to an asylum by the U.S. government. • Nicholas Sparks set a few of his novels (The Notebook, A Bend in the Road, The Wedding, and The Return) in the city. • In Diana Gabaldon's "Outlander" books, the main characters settle in North Carolina prior to the American Revolutionary War. The novels feature numerous trips to, through, and around colonial New Bern. ==References==