 For example, on Rock Creek Road in Jones County, riverfront lots on the Trent River had a tax value of $201,286 per acre; lots immediately across the road hade a tax value of $33,634 per acre, according to the Jones County GIS maps.The developers and tourism promoters have broadly defined the Inner Banks as an area on the East Coast of North Carolina that is 22,227 square miles (57,568 km²).The so-called Inner Banks comprises over 3,000 miles of inland coastline and is home to over 2.5 million residents.