On South Dickerson Street at West Courthouse Avenue, on the right when traveling south on South Dickerson Street.
Built as a fuel station, 30 ft. long, RR ran from Wilmington to Weldon, longest in the world when completed in 1840. Gen. Robert E. Lee called the RR "the lifeline of the Confederacy". Wilmington fell in 1865 & the Depot became the Confederate . . . — — Map (db m226332) HM
On South Dickerson Street (County Route 1412) at West Wilmington Street (North Carolina Highway 53), on the right when traveling south on South Dickerson Street.
Burgaw Station, a stop on the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, was located on the rail line known as the “Lifeline of the Confederacy,” Gen. Robert E. Lee’s main supply route for his Army of Northern Virginia by 1864. This rail line transported . . . — — Map (db m191883) HM
On South Wright Street just north of Freemont Street, on the right when traveling north.
In honor of the Confederate Soldiers of Pender County. Major General William Dorsey Pender, Feb 6, 1834 – July 18, 1863.
Let future generations remember that these were men whom death could not terrify, whom defeat could not dishonor. . . . — — Map (db m30273) HM
On South Walker Street (Business U.S. 117) just south of East Freemont Street, on the right when traveling north.
A founder of State Medical Society, 1849, head of Confederate Hospital at Wilson, first president of the State Board of Health, 1879. Home stood here. — — Map (db m30271) HM
On U.S. 117 close to Business U.S. 117, on the right when traveling north.
Named by Barbadian explorers, 1663. Home of Gov. George Burrington and Samuel Strudwick, colonial official. The house stood ¾ miles east. — — Map (db m30203) HM
On South Dickerson Street at West Courthouse Avenue, on the right when traveling south on South Dickerson Street.
Pender County formed in 1875. South Washington, now Watha, was designated the temporary County Seat. Pender citizens voted & chose Burgaw for the County Seat in 1877. The town was first named Cowan, then Stanford, & then. In 1879, by Act of the . . . — — Map (db m226329) HM
On U.S. 117 at Murphy Road, on the left when traveling north on U.S. 117.
Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany lived, 1939-46, at agricultural colony founded in 1909 and revived by Alvin Johnson. Two mi. SW. — — Map (db m134334) HM
