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Southport is a city in Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States, near the mouth of the Cape Fear River. Its population was 3,971 as of the 2020 census. [4] The current mayor, Rich Alt, was elected to a two-year term in November 2023. Southport is the location of the North Carolina Fourth of July Festival, which attracts 40,000 to 50,000 ...
November 25, 1980. Southport Historic District is a national historic district located at Southport, Brunswick County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 161 contributing buildings, 3 contributing sites, and 1 contributing object. Over half of the structures in the historic district date from the 1885-1905 period.
North Carolina County Courthouses TR. NRHP reference No. 79001663 [1] Added to NRHP. May 10, 1979. The Old Brunswick County Courthouse is an historic former courthouse located at Southport, Brunswick County, North Carolina. It was erected about 1844, and is a plain, two-story, stuccoed brick building three bays wide by seven bays long. [2]
Congressional district. 7th. Website. www.brunswickcountync.gov. Brunswick County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the southernmost county in the state. As of the 2020 census, the population was 136,693. [ 1 ] Its population was only 73,143 in 2000, making it one of the fastest-growing counties in the state. [ 2 ]
The Southport-to-Fort Fisher ferry was closed Monday because of poor weather conditions. First responders rescue the occupants of several vehicles stranded in floodwaters on US 17 near NC 87 in ...
The Brunswick nuclear power plant, named for Brunswick County, North Carolina, covers 1,200 acres (490 ha) at 20 feet (6.1 m) above sea level about 5 miles (8.0 km) from the Atlantic Ocean. The site is adjacent to the town of Southport, North Carolina, and to wetlands and woodlands, and was opened in 1975. The site contains two General Electric ...
April 11, 1973. The Orton Plantation is a historic plantation house in the Smithville Township of Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States. Located beside the Cape Fear River between Wilmington and Southport, Orton Plantation is considered to be a near-perfect example of Southern antebellum architecture.
In early 2006 the North Carolina State Ports Authority (NCSPA) conceived its proposal for a North Carolina International Terminal to be created on property that it purchased just north of the town of Southport, NC between the Progress Energy Brunswick Nuclear Power Plant and the Sunny Point Military Ammunitions Port. The NCSPA purchased the ...