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Wilmer Branchrises in SE Richmond County and flows SE into Poley Branch.
Wilmetcommunity in NW Jackson County. Alt. 1,866.
Wilmingtoncity and county seat, W New Hanover County on Cape Fear River. A port for oceangoing vessels, it is approx. 30 mi. from the Atlantic Ocean. Est. 1739-40. The town had a succession of names in its earliest years. Apparently settled and first known as New Carthage about 1733. New Liverpool seems to have been used briefly, followed by New Town or Newton, the name by which it was chartered in 1739-40, and finally Wilmington. Named for Spencer Compton (1673?-1743), Earl of Wilmington, patron of Governor Gabriel Johnston, during whose administration the town was chartered. Inc. 1760. The legislature met there, 1741, 1746, 1754, 1759-60, 1760-61, and 1764. Scene of coup d’état and racial violence, 1898. Alt. 38. Produces baked goods, fabricated metals, lumber, wooden containers, textiles, apparel, dairy products, paper boxes, chemicals, and refrigeration machinery. University of North Carolina at Wilmington is there.
Wilmington BeachS New Hanover County on the Atlantic Ocean. Est. approx. 1913.
Wilmington Districtat the time of the 1790 census, was composed of Bladen, Brunswick, Duplin, New Hanover, and Onslow Counties.
Wilmington TownshipW central New Hanover County, coextensive with the city of Wilmington.
Wilmotcommunity in N Jackson County served by post office, 1886-1922.
Wilsoncommunity in central Buncombe County.
Wilsoncity and county seat, central Wilson County. Alt. 147. An early community at the site that developed around Toisnot Baptist Church (est. 1803) was known as Hickory Grove. Tosnot Depot, est. on the railroad there about 1840, became the post office name. In 1849 Tosnot Depot and Hickory Grove were inc. as Wilson, named in honor of Capt. Louis D. Wilson (1789-1847), who died at Vera Cruz during the War with Mexico. Barton College is there. Long the site of large tobacco market. Produces textiles, apparel, concrete pipe, lumber products, processed meat, and grain. See also Hominy Heights.
WilsonSee Yadkinville.