| Official Name: | Broad Creek, North Carolina |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | North Carolina |
| Pushpin Label: | Broad Creek |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | North Carolina |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Carteret |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 8.07 |
| Area Land Km2: | 8.05 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.03 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 3.12 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 3.11 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 1968 |
| Population Density Km2: | 244.55 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 633.41 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 33 |
| Coordinates: | 34.7306°N -76.9242°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 28570 (Newport) |
| Area Code: | 252 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 37-08040[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2628615 |
Broad Creek is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 2,334.[3] It is part of the Greater Newport area and currently shares the Newport ZIP Code of 28570.
Broad Creek is located in west-central Carteret County, on the north shore of Bogue Sound, between the tidal inlets of Broad Creek to the west and Gales Creek to the east. Bogue Sound is separated from the Atlantic Ocean to the south by Bogue Banks, part of North Carolina's barrier islands known as the Crystal Coast. The Broad Creek community is bordered on the north by Croatan National Forest.
North Carolina Highway 24 passes through the community, leading east to Morehead City and west 8miles to Cape Carteret. Newport is 7miles to the northeast up Hibbs Road. 9 Mile Road runs north from Broad Creek, providing a direct route to Havelock, to the north. Broad Creek Loop Road forms a loop through the center of the community, south of NC 24.
The Broad Creek CDP has a total area of 8.1km2, of which 0.03km2, or 0.35%, is water.[3]
Housing developments in Broad Creek include Salty Shores, Croatan Colony, Rolling Wood, Fox Lair, Bogue Pines, Whispering Pines, Karobi Park, Adams Harbor, Pearson Circle, Bar Harbor, Bluewater Banks.