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NEW LIST | NC Emergency Shelters Open, Including Pet Friendly Options

Here’s a list of the emergency shelters that have opened in North Carolina, along with their capacity, and includes both pet friendly and non-pet friendly shelters.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Dozens of emergency evacuation shelters have now opened across the North Carolina coast. 

Here’s a list of the shelters, their capacity, and if they are pet friendly shelters.

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Colerain Elementary School 

  • 202 North Academy Street in Colerain
  • Capacity is 75
  • Does not accept pets

West Bertie School

  • 3734 Governors Road in Kelford
  • Capacity is 160
  • Does not accept pets

Bladen Lakes Primary School

  • 9554 Johnsontown Road
  • Capacity 165
  • Does not accept pets

East Arcadia Primary School

  • 21451 NC Highway 87 East in Riegelwood 
  • Capacity is 382
  • Does not accept pets

Chowan Middle School

  • 2845 Virginia Road
  • Capacity is 134
  • Allows pets

John Holmes High 

  • 600 Woodard Street in Edenton 
  • Capacity 153
  • Does not accept pets

Vanceboro Farmlife School

  • 2000 Farmlife Avenue in Vanceboro
  • Capacity is 258
  • Does not accept pets

Havelock High 

  • 101 Webb Avenue in Havelock
  • Capacity is 284
  • Does not accept pets

Southview High 

  • 4184 Elk Road in Hope Mills 
  • Capacity is 310
  • Allows pets

Beulaville Elementary 

  • 138 Lyman Road in Beulaville
  • Capacity is 616
  • Does not allow pets

James Kenan High 

  • 1241 Highway 24 50 in Warsaw 
  • Capacity is 535
  • Allows pets 

North Duplin Elementary 

  • 157 North Duplin School Road in Mount Olive
  • Capacity is 488 
  • Does not allow pets

Carver Elementary School

  • 604 East Hamlet Street in Pinetops
  • Capacity is 350
  • Does not allow pets

Gates County High 

  • 88 US Highway 158 West in Gatesville
  • Capacity is 210
  • Allows pets

Greene Central High 

  • 140 School Drive in Snow Hill
  • Capacity is 350 
  • Allows pets 

Hertford County High 

  • 1326 1st Street West in Ahoskie 
  • Capacity is 600 
  • Allows pets 

Hertford County Middle

  • 1850 NC Highway 11 in Murfreesboro
  • Capacity at 600 
  • Does not allow pets

North Johnston Middle

  • 301 East Main Street in Micro
  • Capacity is 225
  • Does not accept pets

Lenior Community College 

  • 231 NC Highway 58 South in Kinston
  • Capacity is 800
  • Allows pets

Dixon Middle 

  • 118 Ridge Field Avenue in Sneads Ferry
  • Capacity is 452
  • Does not allow pets

Jacksonville Commons Middle

  • 315 Commons Drive in Jacksonville 
  • Capacity is 336
  • Allows pets

Richlands High School 

  • 401 Woodson Street 
  • Capacity is 250 
  • Does not accept pets

Swansboro High 

  • 161 Queens Creek Road in Swansboro 
  • Capacity is 635
  • Does not allow pets

Wellcome Middle

  • 3101 North Memorial Drive in Greenville
  • Capacity is 300
  • Does not allow pets

Lumberton Senior High 

  • 3901 Fayetteville Road in Lumberton 
  • Capacity is 778
  • Does not allow pets

Purnell Swett High 

  • 11344 Deep Branch Road in Maxton 
  • Capacity is 788
  • Does not allow pets 

Lakewood High 

  • 245 Lakewood School Road in Salemburg
  • Capacity is 1240 
  • Does not allow pets

Hobbton Middle 

  • 12081 Hobbton Highway in Newton Grove
  • Capacity is 1000
  • Does not allow pets 

Fike High 

  • 500 Harrison Drive in Wilson 
  • Capacity is 150 
  • Allows pets 

Benn Quinn Elementary 

  • 4275 Dr. MLK Jr. Boulevard in New Bern 
  • Capacity is 150
  • Allows pets

Smith Recreation Center 

  • 1520 Slater Avenue in Fayetteville
  • Capacity is 100
  • Allows pets

Eaton Elementary 

  • 6701 Gordon Road in Wilmington 
  • Capacity is 115
  • Does not accept pets

Sampson County Livestock Arena 

  • 1020 Taylors Bridge Highway in Clinton 
  • Capacity is 25
  • Allows pets

Walter Jones ADA

  • 2577 West 5th Street in Greenville
  • Capacity is 50 
  • Does not accept pets

Scotland Neck Senior Center

  • 1403 Church Street in Scotland Neck 
  • Capacity is 50 
  • Does not allow pets

East Bladen High 

  • 5600 NC 87 Highway East in Elizabethtown 
  • Capacity is 623
  • Allows pets

West Bladen High 

  • 1600 NC 410 Highway in Bladenboro
  • Capacity is 623
  • Does not allow pets

Sampson County Adult Day Care

  • 210 Fisher Drive in Clinton 
  • Capacity is 32
  • Does not allow pets

Bertie High 

  • 716 US 13 in Windsor
  • Capacity is 100
  • Does not allow pets

Midway High 

  • 15274 Spiveys Corner Highway in Newton Grove
  • Capacity is 700
  • Does not allow pets

Wallace Rose Hill High

  • 602 High School Road in Teachey 
  • Capacity is 500
  • Does not allow pets

Pamlico Community College 

  • 5049 NC 306 Highway South in Grantsboro
  • Capacity is 300 
  • Allows pets

Tarboro High 

  • 1400 West Howard Avenue in Tarboro 
  • Capacity is 550 
  • Does not allow pets

Carver Heights Elementary 

  • 411 Bunche Drive in Goldsboro 
  • Capacity is 250 
  • Does not allow pets

Clinton High 

  • 340 Indian Town Road in Clinton 
  • Capacity is 935
  • Does not allow pets

Spring Creek Middle

  • 3579 NC-111 South in Seven Springs
  • Capacity is 250 
  • Does not allow pets

Robeson Community College 

  • 5160 Fayetteville Road in Lumberton 
  • Capacity is 16
  • Does not allow pets

Creekside Elementary 

  • 2790 Landscape Drive in New Bern 
  • Capacity is 258 
  • Does not allow pets

Pines Elementary 

  • 3177 US Highway 64 East in Plymouth 
  • Capacity is 260 
  • Does not allow pets

Nash Community College

  • 3866 Eastern Avenue in Rocky Mount 
  • Capacity is 150
  • Allows pets

Union High 

  • 1189 Kader Merritt Road in Rose Hill 
  • Capacity is 210 
  • Does not allow pets

North Brunswick High

  • 114 Scorpion Drive in Leland.
  • Capacity is 300
  • Pet friendly

South Brunswick High

  • 280 Cougar Road in Boiling Spring Lakes
  • Capacity 400
  • Pet friendly

West Brunswick High

  • 550 Whiteville Road in Shallotte
  • Capacity 300
  • Pet friendly

West Columbus High

  • 7924 Andrew Jackson Highway SW in Cerro Gordo
  • Capacity 300
  • Does not accept pets

South Columbus High

  • 40 Stallion Drive in Tabor City
  • Capacity 300
  • Does not accept pets

East Columbus High

  • 32 Gator Lane in Lake Waccamaw
  • Capacity 300
  • Does not accept pets

Guideway Elementary

  • 11570 Swamp Fox Highway East in Tabor City
  • Capacity 300
  • Does not accept pets

Edgewood Elementary

  • 317 E. Calhoun Street in Whiteville
  • Capacity 140
  • Pet friendly

Jones County Civic Center

  • 832 NC Highway 58 South in Trenton
  • Capacity 200
  • Pet friendly

EB Aycock Middle

  • 1325 Red Banks Road in Greenville
  • Capacity 300
  • Does not accept pets

Farmville Middle

  • 800 Grimmersburg Street in Farmville
  • Capacity 300
  • Does not accept pets

Ayden Middle

  • 1207 West 3rd Street in Ayden
  • Capacity 300
  • Does not accept pets

Codington Elementary

  • 4321 Carolina Beach Road in Wilmington
  • Capacity 255
  • Does not accept pets

Johnson Pre-K Center

  • 1100 McRae Street in Wilmington
  • Capacity 130
  • Does not accept pets

Hope Middle

  • 2995 Mills Road in Greenville
  • Capacity 300
  • Does not accept pets

Sears – Northgate Mall

  • 1620 Guess Road in Durham
  • Capacity 500
  • Pet friendly

Wrightsville Beach at Blair Elementary

  • 6510 Market Street in Wilmington
  • Capacity 127
  • Pet friendly

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