| Official Name: | Gloucester, North Carolina |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | North Carolina |
| Pushpin Label: | Gloucester |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| 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: | 3.76 |
| Area Land Km2: | 3.72 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.04 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.45 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.44 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 495 |
| Population Density Km2: | 133.11 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 344.71 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 7 |
| Coordinates: | 34.7294°N -76.5389°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 28528 |
| Area Code: | 252 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 37-26680[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2628629 |
Gloucester 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 537.[3]
Gloucester is located just east of the center of Carteret County, on the northern side of The Straits, a tidal channel connecting Core Sound to the east with the North River to the west. The Gloucester CDP is bounded by Whitehurst Creek to the west and Sleepy Creek to the east, both tidal inlets from The Straits. The community is 6miles east of the town of Beaufort by water and by road.
The Gloucester CDP has a total area of 3.8km2, of which 0.04km2, or 0.98%, is water.[3]