NC Gazetteer

Onslow County

… was formed in 1734 from New Hanover County. Located in the SE section of the state, it is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean and by Pender, Duplin, Jones, and Carteret Counties. It was named for Arthur Onslow (1691-1768), member of Parliament and speaker of the House of Commons, 1728-61. Area: 806 sq. mi (756, land; 50, water). County seat: Jacksonville, with an elevation of 23 ft. Townships are Jacksonville, Richlands, Stump Sound, Swansboro, and White Oak. Produces tobacco, turkeys, cotton, corn, soybeans, hogs, livestock, lumber, apparel, marble, crushed limestone, sand, and gravel.

areas

Hammock, The
Lloyds Meadows
Starretts Meadows

bays

Alligator Bay
Chadwick Bay
Court House Bay
Farnell Bay
Hawkins Bay
Howards Bay
Morgan Bay
Onslow Bay
Picketts Bay
Spicers Bay
Spooners Bay
Stones Bay
Sulliers Bay
Traps Bay
Wilsons Bay

beaches

Hammocks Beach
Onslow Beach

bodies of water

Crane Ponds

branches

Brick Kiln Branch
Cartwheel Branch
Fork Branch
Holland Branch
Mirey Branch
Salt Branch
Spring Branch

channels

Freeman's Channel
Half-Moon Channel
Shell Rock Channel

cities

Jacksonville

communities

Aberly
Angola
Bayview
Belgrade
Cyrus
Deppe
Dixon
Duck Creek
Ervintown
Flox
Folkstone
Franktown
Gregory Crossroads
Gum Branch
Half Moon
Haw Branch
Hawkside
Hubert
Huffmantown
Jarmantown
Kellum
Kellumtown
Lanier
Littleton's Store
Loco
Midville
Midway Park
Morris Landing
Padgett
Palo Alto
Peru
Petersburg
Piney Green
Quincy
Rhodestown
Silverdale
Sneads Ferry
Sparkman
Springer
Starling
Tar Landing
Thomas Landing
Verona
Wards Mill
Whiteoak
Wiel

creeks

Bear Creek
Bearhead Creek
Beasleys Creek
Billy's Creek
Blue Creek
Branson Creek
Caleb's Creek
Chaney Creek
Coglin Creek
Cowhead Creek
Cummins Creek
Cypress Creek
Deep Gully Creek
Dicks Creek
Duck Creek
Everett Creek
Freemans Creek
Frenchs Creek
Fullard Creek
Gilletts Creek
Goose Creek
Grants Creek
Half Moon Creek
Hall's Creek
Harris Creek
Holland Mill Creek
Kings Creek
Lewis Creek
Little Northeast Creek
Mill Creek
Mill Creek
Mill Creek
Mill Creek
Mott Creek
Muddy Creek
Mulberry Creek
Northeast Creek
Parrotts Creek
Pheasant Creek
Pitt's Creek
Queens Creek
Sanders Creek
Scale Creek
Sneads Creek
Southwest Creek
Spains Creek
Starkeys Creek
Stevens Creek
Stones Creek
Town Creek
Traps Creek
Troublesome Creek
Tull Creek
Turkey Creek
Turpentine Creek
Wallace Creek
Webb Creek
Whitehurst Creek

elevations

Wilkins Bluff

forests

Hofmann Forest

former communities

Gillett
Marines

freshwater areas

Asey Hole

historical markers

Camp Davis historical marker
Camp Lejeune historical marker
Col. John Starkey historical marker
Cyrus Thompson 1855-1930 historical marker
Edward B. Dudley 1789-1855 historical marker
First Post Road historical marker
Hofmann Forest historical marker
Huggins Island Fort historical marker
Lot Ballard House historical marker
Montford Point historical marker
Onslow Raid historical marker
Otway Burns historical marker
Port Swannsborough historical marker
Prometheus historical marker
Richlands Of New River Chapel historical marker
Washington's Southern Tour historical marker
Women Airforce Service Pilots historical marker
Women Marines historical marker

inlets

Bear Inlet
Browns Inlet
Little Inlet
New River Inlet
Stump Inlet
Virgin's Inlet

islands

Ashe's Island
Boat Island
Deer Island
Dora's Island
Dudley's Island
Hawkins Island
Huggins Island
Lumbershed Marsh
Myrtle Grove Island
Permudas Island
Phin's Island
Pittmans Island
Sanders Island
Topsail Island
Wrights Island

lakes

Catharine Lake

military bases

Camp Davis
Camp Lejeune
Montford Point

pocosins

Great Sandy Run Pocosin
Hell Pocosin
Horse Swamp Pocosin
Purgatory Pocosin

points

Cahoon Point
Cat Point
Catfield Point
Cedar Point
Cox Point
Craigs Point
Dixon Point
Farnell Point
Gray's Point
Hadnot Point
Halls Point
Hatch Point
Holland's Point
Holmes Point
Jarrett's Point
Little Creek Point
Mount Pleasant Point
Mumford Point
Owens Point
Paradise Point
Ragged Point
Rhodes Point
Shelly Point
Spring Point
Swan Point
Town Point
Turkey Point
Whites Point

points of interest

Royal Oak

ponds

Baysden Mill Pond

populated places

Chadwick Acres
George Town
Johnston
Tarawa Terrace

regions

Coastal Plain
Coastal Plain Dialect Region

rivers

New River
White Oak River

runs

Deep Run
Haws Run
Hickory Run
Jumping Run
Mill Run
Rocky Run

schools

Dixon High School
Jacksonville High School
Lejeune High School
Northside High School
Onslow Early College
Richlands High School
Southwest High School
Swansboro High
White Oak High School

shores

Bear Banks

sounds

Brown's Sound
Stump Sound

springs

Alum Spring

swamps

Bachelor's Delight Swamp
Bell Swamp
Browns Swamp
Cowhorn Swamp
Flat Swamp
Horse Swamp
Jenkins Swamp
Juniper Swamp
Juniper Swamp
Little Sandy Run Swamp
Mill Swamp
Ninemile Swamp
Padgett Swamp
Sandy Run Swamp
Shelter Swamp
Tenmile Swamp
Wolf Swamp

towns

Holly Ridge
Richlands
Swansboro

townships

Jacksonville Township
Richlands Township
Stump Sound Township
Swansboro Township
White Oak Township

transportation-related places

Fulcher Landing
Great Neck Landing
Heidelburg Ferry

waterways

Hawkins Slough