Morganton is a city in Burke County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 16,918 at the 2010 census. Morganton is the county seat.
Morganton is one of the principal cities in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area. A site five miles north of here has been identified as the Mississippian culture chiefdom of Joara, occupied from 1400AD to 1600AD. This was also the site of Fort San Juan, built in 1567 by a Spanish expedition as the first European settlement in the interior of North America, 40 years before the English settlement of Jamestown, Virginia.
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I think it is one of the best age friendly and diverse towns
It's really not. We have 1 general store, overcrowded with the younger generation, we have 3 Elementary schools no public library's a small park.
Not much real bad crime
It has become more age friendly over the last 5 years. Caters more to the elder population.
Its the life style some of the people live Dont want part of