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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.
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]
The Wilmington Historic District is a national historic district located at Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina.The district encompasses 875 contributing buildings 38 contributing sites, and 3 contributing structures in the historic core and surrounding residential sections of Wilmington.
Multiple locations off the North Carolina coast: Kure Beach, Wrightsville Beach and Wilmington Beach: 5: Carolina Heights Historic District: Carolina Heights Historic District: July 29, 1999 : Roughly bounded by Market St., 13th St., Rankin St., and 19th St.; also the 1200 block of Market St. and the 100 and 200 blocks of N. 13th St.
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 ...
Carolina Place Historic District is a national historic district located at Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina.The district encompasses 337 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Wilmington.
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Located southwest of the Shipyard Boulevard/Carolina Beach Road intersection, the neighborhood was originally constructed in the early 1940s to house thousands of workers who moved to Wilmington ...