| Post
Office |
Original
County |
Final
County (If Changed) |
First
US Postmaster |
Date
Started |
Date
Discontinued |
Comments |
| Wilmington |
New Hanover |
|
John Bradley |
2/16/1796 |
|
|
| South
Washington |
New Hanover |
|
William Usher |
11/14/1823 |
6/16/1841 |
Changed
to Washington Depot 6/16/1841. |
| Long
Creek |
New Hanover |
|
William H. Van |
11/23/1825 |
4/26/1859 |
Long Creek Bridge until 1828.
Changed to Lillington 4/26/1859. |
| Pleasant
District |
New Hanover |
|
Hays Beatty |
1/15/1833 |
10/28/1840 |
Was Beatty's Bridge in Bladen
Co. |
| Harrells
Store |
New Hanover |
Sampson |
James Harrell |
7/27/1837 |
|
Sampson Co. 1874. |
| Moores
Creek |
New Hanover |
Pender |
George W. McAlester |
7/27/1837 |
|
Pender Co. 1875. |
| Black
River Chapel |
New Hanover |
Sampson |
John M. Corbett |
5/30/1840 |
|
Sampson Co. 1872. |
| Washington
Depot |
New Hanover |
|
Charles L. Garris |
6/16/1841 |
7/6/1844 |
Was South Washington. |
| Topsail
Sound |
New Hanover |
Pender |
John Howard |
5/10/1842 |
|
Pender Co. 1875. |
| Sills
Creek |
New Hanover |
|
Alexander Lamont |
10/23/1844 |
10/20/1865 |
Changed to Camera 10/20/1865. |
| Bannerman |
New Hanover |
|
John P. Bannerman |
4/12/1847 |
12/6/1866 |
|
| Caintuck |
New Hanover |
|
Thomas J. Corbett |
2/22/1849 |
8/31/1868 |
|
| Cypress
Grove |
New Hanover |
|
James O. Bowden |
12/26/1849 |
1/24/1854 |
Changed to Burgaw Depot 1/24/1854. |
| Scotts
Hill |
New Hanover |
Pender |
Joseph M. Foy |
10/15/1851 |
|
Pender Co. 1875. |
| Spring
Garden |
New Hanover |
|
Thomas W. Devane |
3/8/1852 |
6/25/1860 |
|
| Calvins
Creek |
New Hanover |
|
Joel L. Moore |
2/16/1853 |
3/28/1870 |
Changed to Point Caswell 3/28/1870. |
| Burgaw
Depot |
New Hanover |
Pender |
Wiley W. Flowers |
1/24/1854 |
|
Was Cypress Grove. Pender
Co. 1875. |
| Dogwood
Cove |
New Hanover |
|
John W. Conan |
6/20/1855 |
12/6/1866 |
|
| Cypress
Grove #2 |
New Hanover |
|
John N. Bowden |
9/4/1855 |
9/2/1856 |
|
| Angola |
Onslow |
Onslow |
Isaac Rochelle |
2/14/1856 |
|
New Hanover Co. 1856.
Pender Co. 1875. Onslow Co. ~1880. |
| Doctors
Creek |
New Hanover |
|
James Stringfield |
6/29/1857 |
5/21/1858 |
|
| Lillington |
New Hanover |
|
Evan L. Miller |
4/26/1859 |
10/19/1874 |
Was Long Creek. Changed
back to Long Creek 10/19/1874. |
| Oakley |
New Hanover |
|
Samuel A. Howard |
4/30/1859 |
4/26/1871 |
|
| Rocky
Point |
New Hanover |
Pender |
Samuel Beery |
4/16/1860 |
|
Pender Co. 1875. |
| Lyons
Store |
New Hanover |
Bladen |
Robert W. Lyon |
5/16/1860 |
|
Bladen Co. 1860. |
| Camera |
New Hanover |
Pender |
Mary M. Johnson |
10/20/1865 |
|
Was Sills Creek. Pender
Co. 1875. |
| Castle
Hayne |
New Hanover |
|
James Owen |
5/10/1869 |
|
Castle in 1895. Back to
Castle Hayne in 1908. |
| Point
Caswell |
New Hanover |
Pender |
John R. Peddison |
3/28/1870 |
|
Was Calvins Creek. Pender
Co. 1875. |
| South
Washington #2 |
New Hanover |
Pender |
Rufus Garriss |
7/27/1870 |
|
Pender Co. 1875. |
| Ashton |
New Hanover |
Pender |
Robert Henderson |
6/18/1874 |
|
Pender Co. 1875. |
| Long
Creek #2 |
New Hanover |
Pender |
Samuel H. Belly |
10/19/1874 |
|
Was Lillington. Pender
Co. 1875. |
| Wrightsville |
New Hanover |
|
Kate W. Manning |
7/6/1881 |
11/15/1909 |
|
| Federal
Point |
New Hanover |
|
John Taylor |
12/28/1882 |
6/13/1883 |
|
| Moseley |
New Hanover |
|
Nicholas F. Nixon |
6/11/1884 |
3/6/1885 |
|
| Switchback |
New Hanover |
|
Cyrus S. Van Amringe |
6/9/1890 |
9/15/1890 |
|
| Masonboro |
New Hanover |
|
Alonzo Hewlett |
7/17/1890 |
9/25/1891 |
|
| Bishop |
New Hanover |
|
Henry M. Bishop |
8/1/1890 |
10/30/1891 |
|
| Federal |
New Hanover |
|
Stephen Keyes |
8/1/1890 |
9/28/1891 |
|
| Sea
Gate |
New Hanover |
|
Levina E. Rogers |
6/28/1910 |
2/15/1932 |
|
| Snug
Haven |
New Hanover |
|
William O. Shepherd |
10/2/1916 |
3/15/1922 |
|
| Carolina
Beach |
New Hanover |
|
Alexander W. Pate |
7/18/1917 |
|
|
| Wrightsville
Sound |
New Hanover |
|
Evelyn B. Hall |
4/23/1923 |
4/30/1955 |
|
| Nonesta |
New Hanover |
|
Dollie Wadsworth |
5/20/1930 |
9/15/1931 |
|
| Wrightsville
Beach |
New Hanover |
|
Horace C. Johnson |
10/6/1941 |
|
|
| Kure
Beach |
New Hanover |
|
Mitson O. Saunders |
5/8/1942 |
|
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