New Bern-Craven County
1940 Census Information
The 1940 Census was released April 2 by the National Archives. Unfortunately, it has not been indexed, yet. Volunteers are busily indexing at various sites, including FamilySearch.org, where you may volunteer to index, too.
To use the 1940 census, you will need to know where your ancestor may have been living. Using maps and enumeration descriptions can narrow down that information. Once you have the enumeration district, you can view that district page by page to locate your ancestor.
Steve Morse's Unified 1940 Enumeration District Finder
National Archives 1940 Census Viewer
Blank 1940 Census Form (pdf from National Archives)
Blank Census Forms (including 1940, from Ancestry.com)
Those researching Craven County's EDs 25-20 and 25-27 will be pleasantly surprised. The census taker recorded the towns and counties of birth for the people, and not just the state of birth as required.
Craven County's EDs are:
ED 25-1: TOWNSHIP 1, VANCEBORO TOWN, FARM LIFE
SCHOOL,
ED 25-2: TOWNSHIP 1 OUTSIDE VANCEBORO TOWN E AND SE OF
NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD, ERNUL (PART),
ED 25-3: TOWNSHIP 1 OUTSIDE VANCEBORO TOWN W AND NW OF
NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD AND E OF SWIFT CREEK, ERNUL (PART),
ED 25-4: TOWNSHIP 1 W OF SWIFT CREEK AND NE OF STATE ROAD
118,
ED 25-5: TOWNSHIP 1 W OF SWIFT CREEK AND SW OF STATE ROAD
118,
ED 25-6: TOWNSHIP 2, BRIDGETON TOWN,
ED 25-7: TOWNSHIP 2 OUTSIDE BRIDGETON TOWN
ED 25-8: TOWNSHIP 3, COVE CITY TOWN,
ED 25-9: TOWNSHIP 3, DOVER TOWN,
ED 25-10: TOWNSHIP 3 NE OF U.S. ROAD 70, FORT BARNWELL
(PART),
ED 25-11: TOWNSHIP 3 OUTSIDE COVE CITY AND DOVER TOWNS SW
OF U.S. ROAD 70 AND NE OF ATLANTIC & NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD, FORT
BARNWELL (PART),
ED 25-12: TOWNSHIP 3 OUTSIDE COVE CITY AND DOVER TOWNS SW
OF ATLANTIC & NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD,
ED 25-13: TOWNSHIP 5, BLADES, NORTH HARLOWE
ED 25-14: TOWNSHIP 6, HAVELOCK,
ED 25-15: TOWNSHIP 7 E OF ATLANTIC & NORTH CAROLINA
RAILROAD, GRANTHAM (PART), JAMES CITY (PART),
ED 25-16: TOWNSHIP 7 W OF ATLANTIC & NORTH CAROLINA
RAILROAD, GRANTHAM (PART), JAMES CITY (PART),
ED 25-17: TOWNSHIP 8, NEW BERN CITY WARD 1 BOUNDED BY (N)
BROAD; (E) NEUSE RIVER; (S) TRENT RIVER; (W) MIDDLE
ED 25-18: TOWNSHIP 8, NEW BERN CITY WARD 2 BOUNDED
BY (N) WARD LINE; (E) NEUSE RIVER; (S) BROAD; (W) HANCOCK; ALSO
CRAVEN COUNTY JAIL, ST. PAUL'S CONVENT,
ED 25-19: TOWNSHIP 8, NEW BERN CITY WARD 3 BOUNDED
BY (N) QUEEN; (E) HANCOCK, BROAD, MIDDLE; (S) TRENT RIVER; (W)
GEORGE,
ED 25-20: TOWNSHIP 8, NEW BERN CITY WARD 4 BOUNDED BY (N)
NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD; (E) WEST EXTENDED, WEST; (S) MAIN, MAIN
EXTENDED, CITY LIMITS; (W) CITY LIMITS,
ED 25-21: TOWNSHIP 8, NEW BERN CITY WARD 4, EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL (NEGRO) [No Population, just empty
schedules]
25-22: TOWNSHIP 8, NEW BERN CITY WARD 4 BOUNDED BY
(N) MAIN EXTENDED, MAIN; (E) GREEN, CEDAR, RICHARDSONS ALLEY, ELM,
CARROLL; (S) BROAD, CITY LIMITS; (W) CITY LIMITS,
ED 25-23: TOWNSHIP 8, NEW BERN CITY WARD 4 BOUNDED BY (N)
MAIN; (E) WEST, QUEEN, GEORGE; (S) BROAD; (W) CARROLL, ELM,
RICHARDSONS ALLEY, CEDAR, GREEN,
ED 25-24: TOWNSHIP 8, NEW BERN CITY WARD 4 BOUNDED BY (N)
ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD, BROAD; (E) GEORGE; (S) CITY LIMITS;
(W) CITY LIMITS; ALSO ST. JOSEPH'S CONVENT, ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL AND
NURSES HOME
ED 25-25: TOWNSHIP 8, NEW BERN CITY WARD 4 BOUNDED
BY CITY LIMITS, BROAD; ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD, CITY LIMITS;
CITY LIMITS,
ED 25-26: TOWNSHIP 8, NEW BERN CITY WARD 5 BOUNDED BY (N)
CITY LIMITS; (E) NEUSE RIVER; (S) NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD; (W)
NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD,
ED 25-27: TOWNSHIP 8, NEW BERN CITY WARD 5 BOUNDED BY (N)
NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD; (E) NEUSE RIVER; (S) WARD LINE, QUEEN;
(W) WEST, WEST EXTENDED,
ED 25-28: TOWNSHIP 8 OUTSIDE NEW BERN CITY, CLARK, CRAVEN
COUNTY HOME FOR THE AGED AND INFIRM
ED 25-29: TOWNSHIP 9 NE OF ATLANTIC & NORTH
CAROLINA RAILROAD,
ED 25-30: TOWNSHIP 9 SW OF ATLANTIC & NORTH CAROLINA
RAILROAD