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Beaufort ( ) is a town in and the county seat of Carteret County, North Carolina, United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 Established in 1709, Beaufort is the third-oldest town in North Carolina (after Bath and Edenton).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Town of Beaufort )〕 On February 1, 2012, Beaufort was ranked as "America's Coolest Small Town" by readers of ''Budget Travel Magazine.'' The population was 4,039 at the 2010 census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Beaufort town, North Carolina )〕 It is sometimes confused with a city of the same name in South Carolina; the two are distinguished by different pronunciations.〔 Beaufort is located in North Carolina's "Inner Banks" region. The town is home to the North Carolina Maritime Museum, the Duke University Marine Laboratory (Nicholas School of the Environment), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research. It is also the location of the Rachel Carson Coastal Reserve.〔(Rachel Carson ) from North Carolina Coastal Reserve〕 The Nicholas Sparks novel and movie ''A Walk to Remember'' is set in Beaufort. ==History== The Beaufort Historic District, Carteret County Home, Gibbs House, Jacob Henry House, and Old Burying Ground are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In June of 1718 Blackbeard the pirate ran his flagship, the ''Queen Anne's Revenge'', aground near present day Beaufort Inlet, NC.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://nautilusproductions.com/projects/queen-annes-revenge )〕 The ''Queen Anne's Revenge'' was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004 with the reference number 04000148. Thirty two years later, in August of 1750, at least three Spanish merchantmen ran aground in North Carolina during a hurricane. One of the three, the ''El Salvador'', sank near Cape Lookout. 〔http://northcarolinashipwrecks.blogspot.com/2012/05/dangerous-shoals.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Beaufort, North Carolina」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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