Onslow County, North Carolina - A County By the Sea
Onslow County, NC, offers the ultimate in outdoor coastal recreation and sports with over 30 miles of beautiful beaches, rivers, an ocean teeming with abundant marine life, and forests filled with diverse wildlife. Its scenic 40-mile-long New River is the only large river in the continental United States with headwaters and mouth in the same county.
Owing its name to the Honorable Arthur Onslow, Speaker of the British House of Commons, this county is host to Sneads Ferry, North Topsail Beach and Jacksonville. Take a moment to look at the Jacksonville real estate, North Topsail Beach real estate and Sneads Ferry real estate we have listed on this site. You'll soon discover that each of these areas is characterized by a friendly, family-centric beach lifestyle where conservation and enhancement of the environment are important.