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The Shallotte River name dates back to at least 1734. [1] According to some accounts, the waterway was once known as the "Charlotte River", a name coined by a traveler who crossed it by ferry. [1] Over time the word Charlotte morphed into Shallotte. [7] Another explanation is the river was so named on account of there being wild shallots along ...
Shallotte (/ ʃ ə ˈ l oʊ t / shuh-LOHT) [3] is a town in western Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 3,675 at the 2010 census . [ 4 ] The Shallotte River passes through the town.
Supply is a small unincorporated community in Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States, located around the intersection of US 17 (Ocean Highway) and NC 211 (Southport-Supply Road/Green Swamp Road). Its name is derived from the use of the Lockwoods Folly River as a trade route in the 18th and 19th centuries. [1]
White Funeral Home and Cremation Service is set to move its Shallotte location to the East Coast Drive property. The funeral home has been part of the Brunswick County community for over 70 years.
A suspect has been arrested and charged in connection with a fatal hit and run in Shallotte. According to a Facebook post from the Shallotte Police Department, officers were dispatched to the 4700 ...
The route enters the state from South Carolina near Calabash and leaves in the vicinity of the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia. Between the US 64 freeway and the Virginia state line, US 17 is a four-lane divided highway with speed limits varying between 45 mph (72 km/h) and 70 mph (110 km/h).
Lake Waccamaw State Park is a North Carolina state park in Columbus County, North Carolina, in the United States. Located near the town of Lake Waccamaw, North Carolina , it covers 2,398-acre (9.70 km 2 ), [ 3 ] along the shores of Lake Waccamaw , a Carolina bay .
Though NC 179 begins at the state line, SC 179 is a short 0.7-mile-long (1.1 km) road that connects to US 17 in Little River. From the state line, NC 179 goes through the town of Calabash. With a short concurrency with NC 904, it continues northeast through Ocean Isle Beach ending in Shallotte. The entire route is two lanes wide.