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Onslow County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 204,576. [1] Its county seat is Jacksonville. [2] The county was created in 1734 as Onslow Precinct and gained county status in 1739. [3] Onslow County comprises the Jacksonville, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
It rises in northwestern Onslow County and flows east-southeast past Jacksonville, where it widens into a tidal estuary approximately two miles (3.2 km) wide. As an estuary it meanders through Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune and enters the Atlantic in Onslow Bay, via the New River Inlet between two barrier islands.
New inlet created by Hurricane Isabel North Carolina is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the Southeastern United States. Tropical cyclones — storms characterized by a large low-pressure center and numerous thunderstorms that produce strong winds and heavy rain—regularly affect the state. According to statistical hurricane research between 1886 and 1996 by the North Carolina ...
In Buncombe County, home of Asheville, only 0.7% of the county’s 137,000 housing units have flood insurance, data shows. By contrast, some 44.3% of Dare County households on the Outer Banks have ...
A satellite view shows mud and debris near Old Fort Elementary School, in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Old Fort, North Carolina, on Oct. 2, 2024.
A destroyed home near Fairview, N.C., in Buncombe County, on Monday in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Less than 1% of residences in the county have flood insurance.
Onslow County was hit by Category 2 Hurricane Bonnie in August 1998, causing heavy rains, flooding, an estimated $480 million in damage and several fatalities. The deadliest hurricane during the period was Hurricane Floyd in 1999, which caused 35 fatalities and record–breaking flooding in the eastern portion of the state.
The Appalachian Trail runs down the main street in Hot Springs. During Helene, the French Broad River raged down the same path.