Grimesland
Also known as: Mount Calvert, Boyd's Ferry, Nelsonville
… town in E Pitt County. The first settlement there in the eighteenth century was known as Boyd's Ferry, a name that it retained until after 1880. (Boyd's Ferry across the Tar River, ½ mi. NE of the town, continued to operate until after 1909.) For a short while it was called Mount Calvert, and in 1885 the post office was named Nelsonville. In 1887 the name was changed to Grimesland in honor of J. Bryan Grimes (1828-80), Confederate general. Inc. 1893. Alt. 36.
