NC Gazetteer

New Hanover County

… was formed in 1729 from Craven County. Located in the SE section of the state, it is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, Cape Fear River, and Brunswick and Pender Counties. It was named in honor of the royal family of England, members of the House of Hanover. Area: 225 sq. mi. County seat: Wilmington, with an elevation of 38 ft. Townships are Cape Fear, Federal Point, Harnett, Masonboro, and Wilmington. Produces miscellaneous fruits and vegetables, bulbs and flowers, seafood, ceramics, optical fiber, nuclear technology, corn, soybeans, hogs, dairy products, poultry, bakery goods, fabricated metals, lumber, wooden containers, textiles, apparel, paper boxes, chemicals, refrigeration machinery, sand, and limestone.

areas

Hogg's Folly
Point Hezel

beaches

Carolina Shoal Beach
Pleasure Beach
Wilmington Beach

bodies of water

Basin, The

cities

Wilmington

communities

Airlie
Baymeade
Castle Hayne
Clear View
Fernside
Fort Fisher Junction
Hightsville
Kirkland
Masonboro
Murraysville
Myrtle Grove
Sea Breeze
Seagate
Winter Park
Wrightsboro
Wrightsville

creeks

Barnards Creek
Bradley Creek
Everetts Creek
Futches Creek
Hewlets Creek
Island Creek
Lords Creek
Ness Creek
Pages Creek
Prince George Creek
Purviance Creek
Smiths Creek
Telfairs Creek
Todds Creek

former communities

Carolina Beach
Marathon

freshwater areas

Point Peter

groups of islands

Eagles Island

historical markers

Abraham Galloway 1837-1870 historical marker
Adam Empie, D.D. historical marker
Alex Manly 1866-1944 historical marker
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad historical marker
Babies Hospital historical marker
Battle Of Forks Road historical marker
Beery's Shipyard historical marker
Bromine Extraction historical marker
Cape Fear Club historical marker
Captain Johnston Blakeley historical marker
Cassidey Shipyard historical marker
Catherine Kennedy Home historical marker
Cornelius Harnett 1723-1781 historical marker
David Walker Ca. 1796-1830 historical marker
Early Drawbridge historical marker
Edward B. Dudley 1789-1855 historical marker
Edwin A. Alderman historical marker
Edwin A. Anderson historical marker
Fall Of Wilmington historical marker
Fort Fisher historical marker
George Davis 1820-1896 historical marker
Gregory Normal Institute historical marker
Henry Bacon 1866-1924 historical marker
J. Allen Kirk historical marker
James Benson Dudley historical marker
James F. Shober 1853-1889 historical marker
James Gibbons historical marker
James Hasell historical marker
James Innes Ca. 1700-1759 historical marker
James Sprunt historical marker
John A. Winslow historical marker
John Burgwin 1731-1803 historical marker
John N. Maffitt historical marker
Johnson Jones Hooper historical marker
Judah P. Benjamin historical marker
Lumina historical marker
Mary Baker Glover Eddy historical marker
Modern Greece historical marker
N.C. Building And Loan Association League historical marker
Nicholas N. Nixon 1800-1868 historical marker
North Carolina Shipbuilding Co. historical marker
North Carolina Sorosis historical marker
Oakdale Cemetery historical marker
Old Courthouse historical marker
Pioneer East Coast Surfing historical marker
Robert R. Taylor 1868-1942 historical marker
Rose Greenhow historical marker
St. James Church historical marker
St. John's Lodge historical marker
St. Mark's historical marker
St. Stephen A.M.E. Church historical marker
State Salt Works historical marker
Temple Of Israel historical marker
Thalian Hall City Hall historical marker
Thomas Atkinson 1807-1881 historical marker
Thomas F. Price historical marker
Thomas F. Wood 1841-1892 historical marker
United States Colored Troops historical marker
University Of N.C. At Wilmington historical marker
Uss North Carolina historical marker
W. H. C. Whiting 1824-1865 historical marker
Washington's Southern Tour historical marker
Whistler's Mother historical marker
William B. Gould historical marker
William Hooper historical marker
William W. Loring historical marker
Wilmington And Weldon Railroad historical marker
Wilmington Coup historical marker
Wilmington Morning Star historical marker
Woodrow Wilson historical marker

historical sites

Camp Ashe
Camp Davis
Camp Lamb
Camp Whiting
Camp Wyatt
Fort Fisher

inlets

Broad Inlet
Cabbage Inlet
Carolina Beach Inlet
Deep Inlet
Mason Inlet
Masonboro Inlet
Moore Inlet
New Inlet

islands

Figure Eight Island
Harbor Island
Keg Island
Longs Island
Money Island
Wrightsville Beach

lakes

Greenfield Lake
Silver Lake

mountains

Mount Misery

points

Dram Tree Point
Federal Point
Howes Point
Peters Point

populated places

East Wilmington
South Wilmington

regions

Coastal Plain
Coastal Plain Dialect Region

rivers

Cape Fear River
Northeast Cape Fear River

schools

Career Readiness Academy at Mosley PLC
Emsley A. Laney High School
Eugene Ashley High School
Isaac Bear Early College High School
Isaac Bear Early College High School
J. C. Roe Center
John T. Hoggard High School
New Hanover High School
Southeast Area Technical High School
Williston Industrial School

seawater areas

Rocks, The

shoals

Frying Pan Shoals

sounds

Greenville Sound
Masonboro Sound
Middle Sound
Myrtle Sound
Topsail Sound
Wrightsville Sound

towns

Kure Beach
Wrightsville Beach

townships

Cape Fear Township
Federal Point Township
Harnett Township
Masonboro Township
Wilmington Township

waterways

Snows Cut