Wilmington, North Carolina Wilmington, North Carolina Clockwise, from top left: USS North Carolina, the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge, Hoggard Hall on the ground of UNC Wilmington, and Downtown Wilmington on the Cape Fear River Clockwise, from top left: USS North Carolina, the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge, Hoggard Hall on the ground of UNC Wilmington, and Downtown Wilmington on the Cape Fear River Official seal of Wilmington, North Carolina Seal Official logo of Wilmington, North Carolina Location in New Hanover County and the state of North Carolina.
Location in New Hanover County and the state of North Carolina.
State North Carolina Wilmington is a port town/city and the governmental center of county of New Hanover County in coastal southeastern North Carolina, United States. The populace is 112,067; as stated to the 2010 Enumeration it is the eighth most crowded city in the state.
Wilmington is the principal town/city of the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area, a urbane region that includes New Hanover and Pender counties in southeastern North Carolina, which has a populace of 263,429 as of the 2012 Enumeration Estimate.
Wilmington was settled by European Americans along the Cape Fear River.
Its historic downtown has a one-mile-long Riverwalk, originally advanced as a tourist attraction, and in 2014 Wilmington's riverfront was titled the "Best American Riverfront" by USA Today. It is minutes away from close-by beaches.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation titled Wilmington, North Carolina, as one of its 2008 Dozen Distinctive Destinations. City inhabitants live between the river and the ocean, with four close-by beach communities: Fort Fisher, Wrightsville Beach, Carolina Beach, and Kure Beach, all inside half-hour drives from downtown Wilmington.
In 2003 the town/city was designated by the US Congress as a "Coast Guard City". It is the home port for the USCGC Diligence, a United States Coast Guard medium endurance cutter. The World War II battleship USS North Carolina is held as a war memorial; positioned athwart from the downtown port area, the ship is open to enhance tours.
Other attractions include the Cape Fear Museum, the Wilmington Hammerheads United Soccer Leagues soccer team.
The University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) provides a wide range of programs for undergraduates, graduate students, and adult learners, in addition to cultural and sports affairs open to the community.
Wilmington is the home of EUE Screen Gems Studios, the biggest domestic tv and movie manufacturing facility outside of California.
After the studio's opening in 1984, Wilmington became a primary center of American film and tv production.
1.5 Wilmington Insurrection of 1898 6.4 North Carolina state highways See also: Timeline of Wilmington, North Carolina In September 1732, a improve was established on territory owned by John Watson on the Cape Fear River, at the confluence of its northwest and northeast chapters. The settlement, established by the first royal governor, George Burrington, was called "New Carthage," and then "New Liverpool;" it gradually took on the name "New Town" or "Newton". Governor Gabriel Johnston soon after established his government there for the North Carolina colony.
In 1739 or 1740, the town was incorporated with a new name, Wilmington, with respect to Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington. Some early pioneer of Wilmington came from the Albemarle and Pamlico regions, as well as from the colonies of Virginia and South Carolina, but most new pioneer appeared from the northern colonies, the West Indies, and the British Isles. Many of the pioneer were indentured servants, mainly from the British Isles and northern Europe.
During the Revolutionary War, the British maintained a garrison at Fort Johnson near Wilmington.
The Bellamy Mansion draws many tourists annually to downtown Wilmington.
Wilmington's commercial importance as a primary port afforded it a critical part in opposition to the British in the years dominant up to the Revolution.
Additionally, the town/city was home to outspoken political leaders who influenced and led the resistance boss in North Carolina.
The foremost of these was Wilmington resident Cornelius Harnett, who served in the General Assembly at the time, where he rallied opposition to the Sugar Act in 1764.
When the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act the following year, designed to raise revenue for the Crown with a kind of tax, Wilmington was the site of an elaborate demonstration against it.
Tryon, after having received his official commission as governor (a position he had only assumed after the death of Arthur Dobbs), was brought to Wilmington by Captain Constantine Phipps on a barge from the Diligence, and "was received cordially by the gentlemen of the borough." In response, various inhabitants from southern counties met in Wilmington.
The following day, as many as a thousand men, including the mayor and aldermen of Wilmington, were led by Cornelius Harnett to Brunswick to confront Tryon.
Post Office in downtown Wilmington In the 1830s, people of Wilmington became eager to take favor of barns transportation.
Plans were advanced to build a barns line from the capital of Raleigh to Wilmington.
The barns also controlled a line of steamboats that ran from Wilmington to Charleston; it was widely used for passenger travel and transit of freight.
On November 16, 1853, a group of people, organized as "The Proprietors of the Wilmington Cemetery," was formed to precarious a new cemetery.
The Wilmington Gas Light Company was established in 1854.
Main article: Wilmington, North Carolina, in the Civil War Wilmington National Cemetery has markers dating to the American Revolution and the American Civil War.
It was captured by Union forces in the Battle of Wilmington in February 1865, approximately one month after the fall of Fort Fisher had closed the port.
Wilmington Insurrection of 1898 Main article: Wilmington Insurrection of 1898 Wilmington in 1898 The Wilmington Insurrection of 1898 (formerly called a race riot) occurred as a result of the racially charged political conflict that had occurred in the decades after the Civil War and accomplishments to reestablish white supremacy.
Following these affairs, the North Carolina council passed a new constitution with voter registration requirements for poll taxes and literacy tests that effectively disfranchised black voters, following the example of the state of Mississippi.
1918 panorama of downtown Wilmington 1918 panorama of Wilmington's waterfront During World War II, Wilmington was the home of the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company.
Workers assembled 243 ships in Wilmington amid the five years the business operated.
The Audubon Trolley Station, Brookwood Historic District, Carolina Heights Historic District, Carolina Place Historic District, City Hall/Thalian Hall, Delgrado School, Federal Building and Courthouse, Fort Fisher, Gabriel's Landing, William Hooper School (Former), Market Street Mansion District, Masonboro Sound Historic District, Moores Creek National Battlefield, Sunset Park Historic District, USS NORTH CAROLINA (BB-55) National Historic Landmark, James Walker Nursing School Quarters, Westbrook-Ardmore Historic District, Wilmington Historic District, and Wilmington National Cemetery are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Wilmington is positioned at 34 13 24 N 77 54 44 W. It is the Eastern Terminus of a primary East-West Interstate 40 which ends at Barstow, California, where it joins I-15, the Gateway to Southern California, some 2,554 miles away, passing through many primary cities and state capitals along the way.
Wilmington has a humid subtropical climate (Koppen Cfa), with the following characteristics: Due to the adjacency of warm Atlantic Ocean waters and prevailing tropical-system tracks, the Wilmington region is subject to hurricane or tropical storm activity, mostly from August to early October, with an average recurrence of once every seven years.
Precipitation in Wilmington occurs year-round, but with April the driest month, with less than 3 inches of precipitation on average, and July to September the wettest months, with over 7 inches of precipitation each, on average.
Climate data for Wilmington Int'l, North Carolina (1981 2010 normals, extremes 1870 present) Wilmington theater and banking region PPD building in Northern downtown Wilmington Wilmington boasts a large historic precinct encompassing nearly 300 blocks.
Downtown/Old Wilmington Cotton Exchange of Wilmington Wilmington Wilmington has an increasing lured with gang violence and on October 15, 2013 the WPD and NHC Sheriffs department created a joint task force to combat gang violence. Just a day later the town/city council allowed $142,000 in funding for a gang investigative unit. Across from the Bellamy Mansion is the First Baptist Church, established in Wilmington in 1808.
Grace United Methodist Church, established in Wilmington in 1797 Less than half of Wilmington's populace is religiously affiliated (47.30%), with the majority of practitioners being Christian.
The biggest Christian denomination in Wilmington is Baptist (14.66%) followed by Methodist (8.29%) and Roman Catholic (7.42%).
The second biggest religion in Wilmington after Christianity is Islam (0.46%), followed by Judaism (0.25%).
Wilmington is home to some momentous historical theological buildings, such as the Basilica Shrine of St.
Main article: Wilmington International Airport The Wilmington International Airport (ILM) serves the region with commercial air service provided by American Airlines and Delta Air Lines.
Barstow, California, distance sign, as seen from I-40 in Wilmington North Carolina state highways The NC-DOT Cape Fear Run bicycle route joins Apex to Wilmington and closely alongsides the RUSA 600 km brevet route. The City of Wilmington offers transient docking facilities in the center of Downtown Wilmington along the Cape Fear River approximately 12.5 miles from the Intracoastal Waterway.
The Gary Shell Cross-City Trail is primarily a multi-use trail which will furnish bicycle and pedestrian access to various recreational, cultural and educational destinations in Wilmington.
The State Port of Wilmington Wilmington City Hall, with movie crews recording in July 2012 Graystone Inn, an elegant bed and breakfast in colonial architecture is positioned in downtown Wilmington Wilmington's industrialized base includes electrical, medical, electronic and telecommunications equipment; clothing and apparel; food processing; paper products; nuclear fuel; and pharmaceuticals.
Wilmington is part of North Carolina's Research coast, adjoining to the Research Triangle Park in Durham, NC.
Also meaningful to Wilmington's economy is tourism due to its close adjacency to the ocean and vibrant eveninglife.
Within Wilmington, discrimination against servicemembers of the United States Armed Forces has occurred at a number of bars. Located on the Cape Fear River, which flows into the Atlantic Ocean, Wilmington is a sizeable seaport, including private marine terminals and the North Carolina State Ports Authority's Port of Wilmington.
Wilmington is home to the Greater Wilmington Chamber of Commerce, the earliest Chamber in North Carolina, organized in 1853.
See also: Category:Companies based in Wilmington, North Carolina 4 University of North Carolina Wilmington 1,844 10 City of Wilmington 995 University of North Carolina at Wilmington Public Schools in Wilmington are directed by the New Hanover County School System.
Wilmington Early College High School Friends School of Wilmington Mark Catholic School (Wilmington, North Carolina) Friends School of Wilmington Mark Catholic School (Wilmington, North Carolina) Wilmington Christian Academy Mark Catholic School (Wilmington, North Carolina) Mary Catholic Church (Wilmington, North Carolina) Friends School of Wilmington Wilmington Preparatory Academy Wilmington Academy of Arts and Sciences Second Street in historic downtown Wilmington, is a multiuse facility owned by the City of Wilmington and managed by the Thalian Association, the Official Community Theater of North Carolina. Here, five studios are available to nonprofit organizations for theatrical performances, rehearsals, musicals, recitals and art classes.
The University of North Carolina at Wilmington College of Arts and Science Departments of Theatre, Music and Art share a state-of-the-art, $34 million Cultural Arts Building which opened in December 2006.
Andrews is a 125 year old building on the corner of North 4th and Campbell St in downtown Wilmington.
Wilmington, otherwise known as Hollywood East, is home to EUE/Screen Gems Studios.
Since 1995, Wilmington hosts an annual, nationally recognized, autonomous film festival, the "Cucalorus". It is the keystone event of The Cucalorus Film Foundation, a non-profit organization.
Chamber Music Wilmington was established in 1995 and presents its four-concert "Simply Classical" series every season.
The Wilmington Symphony Orchestra was established in 1971 and offers throughout the year a series of five classical performances, and a Free Family Concert. Wilmington is also home to various music festivals.
One of the biggest DIY festivals, the Wilmington Exchange Festival, occurs over a reconstructionof 5 days around Memorial Day each year.
Celebrating its 37th year, February 2 thru 4th, 2017, the North Carolina Jazz Festival is a three-day traditional jazz festival which features world-renowned jazz musicians. The Cape Fear Blues Society is a driving force behind blues music in Wilmington, N.C.
Its biggest endeavor is the Cape Fear Blues Festival, an annual celebration that showcases local, county-wide and nationwide touring blues artists performing at a range of affairs and venues, including the Cape Fear Blues Cruise, Blues Workshops, an All-Day Blues Jam, and various live club shows.
The USS North Carolina Battleship Memorial, seen from downtown Wilmington athwart the Cape Fear River The Railroad Museum is positioned behind the Hilton Hotel in Wilmington.
The Confederate Memorial, Wilmington The battleship USS North Carolina on a beautiful day in downtown Wilmington.
James Episcopal Church - the earliest church in Wilmington Mary Catholic Church - historic Roman Catholic church in Wilmington Wilmington Railroad Museum The World War II Wilmington Home Front Heritage Coalition, an all volunteer 501(c)(3) preservation organization, is the de facto preservationist of the building's history and maintains the home front exhibition.
Wilmington is host to many annual festivals, including, most prominently, the Azalea Festival.
See also: List of newspapers in North Carolina, List of airways broadcasts in North Carolina, and List of tv stations in North Carolina The Star-News is Wilmington's daily newspaper; read widely throughout the Lower Cape Fear region and now owned by the Halifax Media Group.
Two historically black newspapers are distributed and presented weekly: The Wilmington Journal and The Challenger Newspapers.
The Wilmington tv market is ranked 130 in the United States, and is the smallest DMA in North Carolina.
WWAY, Channel (3), (ABC affiliate, with CBS on 3.2 and CW on 3.3): licensed to Wilmington, owned by Morris Multimedia WECT, Channel (6), (NBC affiliate): licensed to Wilmington, owned by Raycom Media Cable news station News 14 Carolina also maintains its coastal agency in Wilmington.
On September 8, 2008, at 12 noon, WWAY, WECT, WSFX, WILM-LP and W51 - CW all turned off their analog signals, making Wilmington the first market in the country to go digital-only as part of a test by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to iron out transition and reception concerns before the nationwide shutoff.
Wilmington was chosen as the test market because the area's digital channel positions will remain unchanged after the transition. As the area's official conduit of emergency information, WUNJ did not participate in the early analog switchoff, and kept their analog signal on until the nationwide digital switchover date of June 12, 2009. W47 - CK did not participate due to its low-power status; FCC rules presently exempt low-powered stations from the 2009 analog shutdown. WILM-LP and W51 - CW chose to participate, even though they are exempt as LPTV stations. Even with Tropical Storm Hanna making landfall southwest of Wilmington two days before (September 6), the switchover continued as scheduled.
Television stations in the Wilmington, North Carolina region 93.1 FM WBPL - Wilmington Catholic Radio Wilmington Sharks CPL, Baseball Buck Hardee Field at Legion Stadium 1997 2 Wilmington Sea Dawgs TRBL, Basketball Wilmington YMCA 2006 0 Wilmington Hammerheads USL, Soccer Legion Stadium 1996 1 The Wilmington Sharks are a Coastal Plain League (CPL) baseball team in Wilmington that was established in 1997 and was among the charter organizations when the CPL was formed that same year.
Their stadium is positioned at Buck Hardee Field at Legion Stadium in Wilmington.
The Wilmington Sea Dawgs are a Tobacco Road Basketball League (TRBL) team in Wilmington that began its inaugural season with the American Basketball Association (ABA) in November 2006 and have also played in the Premier Basketball League, and the Continental Basketball League.
The Wilmington Hammerheads are a experienced soccer team based in Wilmington.
The University of North Carolina Wilmington sponsors 19 intercollegiate sports and has held Division 1 membership in the NCAA since 1977.
The University of North Carolina Wilmington is also home to the Seamen Ultimate Frisbee team.
Wilmington is a sister town/city with the following cities: University of North Carolina at Wilmington Arboretum Julia Dalton, Miss North Carolina Teen USA 2008, Miss North Carolina 2015 Andy Griffith, the actor owned a home in the Wilmington region while recording Matlock there Dennis Hopper, the actor lived in Wilmington for a several years after recording multiple movies at Screen Gems Studios In 1999, she was inducted into the Wilmington Walk of Fame.
Thomas Peters, early founder of Sierra Leone, who escaped from standardized in Wilmington at the beginning of the American Revolution.
Troy, mayor of Monroe, Louisiana, from 1972 to 1976, former resident of Wilmington and former chairman of the New Hanover County Democratic Party Official snow flurry records for Wilmington were kept at the Weather Bureau in downtown from December 1870 to September 1951, and at Wilmington Int'l since October 1951.
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