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The Murchison is near the northern terminus of Wilmington's Riverwalk, [11] [12] a historic waterfront pedestrian stroll among buildings and businesses that front the Cape Fear River. This inland port thrived from the cotton trade during the late 19th century and early 20th century and is now home to restaurants, theaters, nightclubs and weekly ...
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"Sunset Park," a name submitted by Montrose Bain, circulation editor of the Wilmington Star, was the winning entry for a new 600-acre (2.4 km 2) development just 3 miles (4.8 km) south of downtown Wilmington along the Federal Point Road (Carolina Beach Road). The prize for his submission was $10.00.
North Carolina Highway 211 (NC 211) is a 162.5-mile-long (261.5 km) primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It traverses mostly through the Sandhills and Coastal Plain regions of the state; connecting the cities of Candor , Aberdeen , Raeford , Lumberton , Bladenboro , and Southport .
Forden Station is a bus station located in Wilmington's North College neighborhood and serves as a bus terminus for the Cape Fear Public Transportation Authority (Wave) and provides intercity bus service via Amtrak Thruway and Greyhound Lines. At an estimated cost of $5.4 million, the facility opened on April 18, 2011.
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.
This replaced NC 40 to Wilmington, while NC 60 was also removed from the concurrent routing. [10] Beginning in 1940, an improved road was created from NC 130 (modern-day NC 211) to Oak Island. [11] A 24-mile (39 km) segment between Belville and Southport first appeared on North Carolina maps beginning in 1941 as an unnumbered gravel-topsoil road.
MapQuest (stylized as mapquest) is an American free online web mapping service. It was launched in 1996 as the first commercial web mapping service. [ 1 ] MapQuest's competitors include Apple Maps , Here , and Google Maps .