Welcome to Brunswick County Voices

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  Brunswick County, North Carolina is the southernmost coastal county in the state, just a half hours drive south of Wilmington, NC and north of Myrtle Beach, SC. Over the past decade Brunswick County has become of the most fastest growing counties in the U.S. as tourists and those who love the southern life have [...]

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The Unsettled Early Settlements of the 1600′s

After the first European landed in or very near to what is Brunswick County today, it took almost a hundred years before settlers decided to give the county a try.  In 1662, William Hilton, Jr., an Englishman decided to explore the coast of the present day county.  Oh, do not excited.  Hilton did not travel [...]

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Giovanni Verrazano: The First European in Brunswick County

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Although history tells us that the Cape Fear River valley was inhabited by Indians before any Europeans discovered Brunswick County, NC, we still have no formal name for the tribe or tribes, although it has been suggested that they were Algonquians. In 1492, Christopher Columbus discovered “America” while searching for the spice islands of the [...]

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The Green Swamp Nature Preserve

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One of the most unique places to visit in Brunswick County for those who love the great outdoors is the Green Swamp Nature Preserve.  In fact, the Green Swamp is the largest swamp in North Carolina with the preserve covering over 15,000 acres. Actually, the swamp is not what most may think when they think [...]

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The First Advertisement About Brunswick County

With Brunswick County having become a destination for many tourists during the past decade, it is difficult to image that once it was an uninviting and hostile environment.  As many settlers came and went, the first land grants given by King Charles I of England were mostly abandoned.  In 1666, in an effort to get [...]

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