Half Moon, North Carolina

Jacksonville High School (JHS) is an International Baccalaureate high school located in Jacksonville, North Carolina for students in grades 9–12.

The Museum of the Marine is a museum under development in Jacksonville, North Carolina, home of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. The museum will provide exhibits on individual Marines, Marine units, Marine families and support to Marines by local communities. The planned galleries include: Carolinas & the Corps World Warriors Gallery 21st Century & Beyond

Onslow County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 204,576. Its county seat is Jacksonville. The county was created in 1734 as Onslow Precinct and gained county status in 1739. Onslow County comprises the Jacksonville, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area. The southern border of the county is the coast of the Atlantic Ocean.

The Pelletier House is a historic home and national historic district located at Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina. Built in the 1850s by Rufus Ferrand Pelletier in the Greek Revival style, it sits atop Wantland Spring on the banks of the New River. Initially constructed as a one-room dwelling to serve as home and office, additional rooms were built onto the structure during later years. The house itself was originally part of a turpentine lot owned by Rufus Pelletier and his brother William Pelletier. These rooms were damaged during a fire in the early 1950s. The house was occupied by Pelletier's daughter Eliza until her death in 1954. Subsequently, the Onslow Historical Society acquired and maintained the structure until January 25, 2013, when Onslow County took over ownership. The house is opened for public viewings on special occasions. It is the oldest standing structure in Jacksonville. Pelletier House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 13, 1989.

The Bank of Onslow and the Jacksonville Masonic Temple are two adjoining historic buildings located at 214 and 216 Old Bridge Street, in Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina. The buildings are in the Beaux Arts architecture and Tudor Revival architecture, and were constructed in 1916, and 1919 respectively. They were jointly listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989 as a national historic district. The Masonic Temple was originally constructed by La Fayette Lodge No. 83, A. F. & A. M. and served as their meeting hall until 1955 (when the lodge moved to new premises). It is currently used as office space by the town government.

Mill Avenue Historic District is a national historic district located at Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 31 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing structure in a predominantly residential section of Jacksonville. The district developed after 1890 and includes notable examples of Late Victorian and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Notable contributing buildings include the Jarman Hotel (c. 1890), Jacksonville Depot, Richard Ward House (c. 1890), Richard Ward Guest House, the Lockamy-Chadwick House, George Bender House (1901), Samuel Ambrose House, the Marine House, Steve Aman House, and the Henrietta Jarman House. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

New Bridge Middle School is one of 8 middle schools in the Onslow County School system (North Carolina). It is Onslow County's middle school magnet program for math, science and technology. While New Bridge occupies one of the older buildings in the district, it is the newest of the 7 middle schools in the district which also serve as one intra-county athletic conference. Beginning in 2012–13, Brewster Middle School (DODEA School aboard Camp LeJeune Marine Corps Base- NC) joined the Onslow County Middle School Athletic Conference.

Jacksonville is a city in Onslow County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 72,723, which makes Jacksonville the 14th-most populous city in North Carolina. Jacksonville is the county seat and most populous community of Onslow County, which is coterminous with the Jacksonville, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area. Demographically, Jacksonville is the youngest city in the United States, with an average age of 22.8 years old, which can be attributed to the large military presence. The low age may also be in part due to the population drastically increasing over the past 80 years, from 783 in the 1930 census to 72,723 in the 2020 census. It is the home of the United States Marine Corps' Camp Lejeune and New River Air Station. Jacksonville is located adjacent to North Carolina's Crystal Coast area.

The Beirut Memorial is a memorial to the 241 American peacekeepers—220 Marines, 18 sailors, and three soldiers—killed in the October 23, 1983 Beirut barracks bombing in Beirut, Lebanon. It is located outside the gate of Camp Gilbert H. Johnson, a satellite camp of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, in Jacksonville, North Carolina. It is the site of an annual commemoration of the victims of the suicide attack that took their lives.

Coastal Carolina Community College is a public community college in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Roughly eight thousand students are enrolled at the institution. It is part of the North Carolina Community College System and a satellite school of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

Camp Geiger is a United States Marine Corps base. Although not geographically connected, Camp Geiger is part of the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune complex, and is home to the United States Marine Corps School of Infantry East for all Marines recruited through the Eastern Recruiting Region. Located off U.S. Route 17 about 10 miles south of Camp Lejeune, it shares the main gate of Marine Corps Air Station New River. It trains approximately 20,000 Marines every year.

Southwest Historic District, also known as Waltons Store Historic District, is a national historic district located near Waltons Store, Onslow County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 14 contributing buildings and 2 contributing sites surrounding the crossroads community of Waltons Store. The district includes the Southwest Primitive Baptist Church, Southwest School (c. 1913), two cemeteries, and three farmsteads associated with the Walton family. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.