Wilmington in New Hanover County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

State Salt Works

Photographed by Don Morfe, August 17, 2014

1. State Salt Works Marker

Inscription. The state of North Carolina to relieve a wartime scarcity, operated salt works from here to Myrtle Grove Sound, 1861-64.

Erected 1976 by Division of Archives and History. (Marker Number D-23.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list.

Location. 34° 9.428′ N, 77° 53.529′ W. Marker is in Wilmington, North Carolina, in New Hanover County. It is at the intersection of College Road (State Highway 132) and Jasmine Cove Way, on the right when traveling south on College Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4520 College Rd, Wilmington NC 28409, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Coastal Plain and on the Cape Fear Coast.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in the Tidewater,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western

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World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Battle of Forks Road (approx. 2.3 miles away); Fall of Wilmington (approx. 3 miles away); Gold Star Family Memorial Monument (approx. 3.3 miles away); 1st Wilmington WWII POW Camp (approx. 3.4 miles away); New Hanover County Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.4 miles away); North Carolina Shipbuilding Co. (approx. 3.4 miles away); Edwin A. Anderson (approx. 3.7 miles away); DeVaun-Dyer House (approx. 3.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wilmington.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Last Stand At Wilmington (was approx. 2.3 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Photographed by Don Morfe, August 17, 2014

2. State Salt Works Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 30, 2021. It was originally submitted on September 15, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,131 times since then and 59 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 15, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.