Hobucken, North Carolina

About Hobucken

Set in the eastern part of North Carolina, Hobucken is a small unincorporated community.

Officially, Hobucken is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 5.08 square miles.

📰 Hobucken News Today

• Commercial fisherman dies in heavy equipment accident at ENC fish market WCTI · Aug 3
• News - Coast Guard crew receives 144th Response Boat - Medium in Hobucken, NC DVIDS · Dec 12
• Hobucken, NC Weather Forecast & Live Weather Radar WeatherBug · Jan 15
• Reginald Oliver Obituary in New Bern at Oscar's Mortuary articobits.com · Aug 27
• Eastern District of North Carolina Department of Justice (.gov) · Mar 11

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Hobucken Unique

• The only place in America named Hobucken — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in eastern North Carolina, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 13 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Hobucken

• Goose Creek Game Land · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Goose Creek State Game Refuge reviews ★
• WRC Goose Crk Gameland And Smith Cr Acce · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Hobucken

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