Seagrove is also home to the North Carolina Pottery Center, which was established on November 7, 1998, and has since received visitors from across the continent and around the world.

In the fall of 1990, Seagrove students in the 6th through 8th grades began attending Southwestern Randolph Middle School.

Due to the high quality of the local clay and transportation access for traders, Seagrove became known for its pottery.

The popularity of Seagrove pottery fell off during the Industrial Revolution and the advent of modern food preparation.

[citation needed] In 1915, Jacques and Juliana Busbee of Raleigh made an effort to revive the industry.

Over several decades, the Busbees hired Seagrove potters JH Owen, Charlie Teague,  and Ben Owen to make signature wares under the name Jugtown Pottery to sell in the Village Shop, which they opened in Greenwich Village, NYC, and later from the Jugtown shop in Seagrove.

[6] Around 1920, a new market developed as the pottery became popular with tourists driving past on their way to Pinehurst, Southern Pines, or Florida buying inexpensive souvenirs.

The Cole, Auman, Owen, Teague, and Albright families are eighth- and ninth-generation potters in Seagrove who continue this tradition.

[9] Seagrove has a tradition in food products, and was home for many years to Luck's Incorporated, founded in the 1950s as Mountain View Cannery in the 1950s by Ivey B.

Luck's specialized in pinto beans and other canned vegetables and food products, and employed many Seagrove families.

Bought out by American Home Products and then later by Conagra Foods and Arizona Canning Company, the Luck's plant closed in 2002.

Currently, the plant is being used as the towns police station as well as being used for the "Celebration of Seagrove Potters" every November, and other local events.

The center of population for the state of North Carolina is located approximately two miles east of Seagrove.