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Brunswick County, North Carolina

Brunswick County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

 

County Seat: Bolivia
Year Organized: 1764
Square Miles: 855
 		 Court House:

PO Box 249
County Courthouse
Bolivia, NC 28422-0249
Etymology - Origin of County Name

t was named in honor of the town of Brunswick, which was named for King George I, Duke of Brunswick and Lunenberg.

 

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

Brunswick was formed in 1764 from New Hanover and Bladen. It was named in honor of the town of Brunswick, which was named for King George I, Duke of Brunswick and Lunenberg. It is in the southeastern section of the State and is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the Cape Fear River, the state of South Carolina, and Columbus, Pender and New Hanover counties. The present land area is 854.79 square miles and the population in 2000 was 73,141. Brunswick, established in 1745, was made a borough town in 1754, and when Brunswick County was established in 1764 it was made the county seat. In 1779 the county seat was authorized to be moved to the plantation of John Bell near Lockwood's Folly Bridge. In 1784 Walkersburg, named in honor of John Walker on whose land it was situated, was established. Provisions were made in the act for a courthouse and other public buildings to be established there. It was located near Deep Water Point. This act specified that the courts were to be held at the most convenient place until the courthouse was completed. It is doubtful that the act was put into effect because in 1808 an act was passed authorizing the removal of the courthouse from Lockwood's Folly to Smithville. Court was held at the courthouse from 1805-1858. The record does not indicate where the courthouse was. This town, established in 1792, was named in honor of Benjamin Smith, Governor of North Carolina, 1810-1811. In 1879 an effort to move the courthouse failed. In 1887 Smithville was changed to Southport. Southport served as the county seat until 1977 when the county seat was moved to Bolivia, following a referendum on the question.

 

Neighboring Counties:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Cape Fear River
  • State of South Carolina
  • Columbus
  • Pender
  • New Hanover
Cities and Towns:
- Bald Head Island village Incorporated Area
- Belville town Incorporated Area
- Boiling Spring Lakes city Incorporated Area
- Bolivia (County Seat) town Incorporated Area
- Calabash town Incorporated Area
- Carolina Shores town Incorporated Area
- Caswell Beach town Incorporated Area
- Holden Beach town Incorporated Area
- Leland town Incorporated Area
- Navassa town Incorporated Area
- Northwest city Incorporated Area
- Oak Island town Incorporated Area
- Ocean Isle Beach town Incorporated Area
- Sandy Creek town Incorporated Area
- Shallotte town Incorporated Area
- Southport city Incorporated Area
- St. James town Incorporated Area
- Sunset Beach town Incorporated Area
- Varnamtown town Incorporated Area
County Resources:

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County Resource Guide

Counties: US Map

The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of our country!"

But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.

Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally, act locally."
 

 

 

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