Beaufort, NC, (pronounced bo-fert) is in NC and near one of my most favorite places on Earth - Bogue Sound and Emerald Isle.
Beaufort, SC, (pronounced bew-fert) is in, well, SC.
Cherry Point, NC, is the home of Marine Corp Naval Air Station.
So NC pronounces it correctly? ;-)
Beaufort, SC, (pronounced byew ft) is in SC.