New Hanover County, North Carolina

Photo: 1936 cottage at Gabriel's Landing (Old Oak Point) located at 1005 Airlie Road in far eastern Wilmington. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. Photographed by User:Nyttend (own work), 2020, [public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, accessed February, 2024.

TOWNS

Wilmington City
Bayshore
Carolina Beach Town
Castle Hayne
Hightsville
Kings Grant
Kirkland
Kure Beach Town
Masonboro
Murraysville
Myrtle Grove
Ogden
Sea Breeze
Seagate
Silver Lake
Skippers Corner
Wrightsboro
Wrightsville Beach Town

New Hanover County Neighborhoods

New Hanover County Courthouse is located at 320 Chestnut Street, Wilmington, NC 28401; phone: 910-341-7147.

Established in 1729, New Hanover was named for the House of Hanover which ruled over Great Britain at the time.

HISTORIC SITES

Bradley-Latimer Summer House
Brookwood Historic District
Carolina Heights Historic District
Carolina Place Historic District
Joy Lee Apartment Building and Annex
Market Street Mansion District
Masonboro Sound Historic District
Newton Homesite and Cemetery
Sunset Park Historic District
Westbrook-Ardmore Historic District
Wilmington Historic District

New Hanover County, North Carolina

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