Brogden is a census-designated place (CDP) in Wayne County, North Carolina, United States.

The community takes its name from the Brogden family, Quakers of English descent who settled in the area during the colonial period.

[6] Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

Most of these beds were deposited in seawater as the sea advanced and retreated during the geologic development of the Atlantic Coastal Plain.

Annual precipitation is about 50 inches of rainfall per year, with the major portion occurring in the late spring and summer.

[8] Brogden also is the name of a farming community in neighboring Johnston County where Hollywood actress Ava Gardner lived as a child.