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Wilmington is a port city in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States.With a population of 115,451 as of the 2020 census, it is the eighth-most populous city in the state. [7]
1733 - James Wimble and three other men begin to sell plots for a settlement under names such as "New Carthage", "New Liverpool", "Newton" or "New Town". [1] [2] [3]1739 Town incorporated and renamed "Wilmington" after the Earl of Wilmington, the patron of the governor of North Carolina Gabriel Johnston.
North Carolina is a state located in the Southern United States. According to the 2020 United States census , North Carolina is the 9th-most populous state with 10,439,388 inhabitants, but the 28th-largest by land area spanning 53,819 square miles (139,390 km 2 ) of land.
New Hanover County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina.As of the 2020 census, the population was 225,702. [1] The county seat is Wilmington. [2] Though the second-smallest county in North Carolina by land area, [3] it is one of the most populous counties, as Wilmington is one of the largest communities in the state.
Wilmington insurrection of 1898 (1 C, 11 P) Pages in category "History of Wilmington, North Carolina" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Wilmington has lots of historic neighborhoods, places with names like Sunset Park, Forest Hills and Love Grove. One neighborhood that's been largely lost to history is the old Maffitt Village ...
There are names long associated with the Wilmington area many know today: Rivenbark, Trask, Saffo and MacRae to name a few. When it came to names in the Port City more than 60 years ago, there ...
The Formation of the North Carolina Counties, 1663–1943. Raleigh: State Dept. of Archives and History, 1950. Reprint, Raleigh: Division of Archives and History, North Carolina Dept. of Cultural Resources, 1987. ISBN 0-86526-032-X; Powell, William S. The North Carolina Gazetteer. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1968. Reprint ...