Beulaville, North Carolina
| Beulaville, North Carolina | ||
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| Motto: "A Place to Come Home To" | ||
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| Coordinates: 34°55′25″N 77°46′27″W / 34.92361°N 77.77417°WCoordinates: 34°55′25″N 77°46′27″W / 34.92361°N 77.77417°W | ||
| Country | United States | |
| State | North Carolina | |
| County | Duplin | |
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| • Mayor | Kenneth L. Smith | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 1.5 sq mi (3.9 km2) | |
| • Land | 1.5 sq mi (3.9 km2) | |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) | |
| Elevation | 85 ft (26 m) | |
| Population (2010) | ||
| • Total | 1,296 | |
| • Density | 854/sq mi (329.6/km2) | |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) | |
| ZIP code | 28518 | |
| Area code(s) | 910 | |
| FIPS code | 37-05660 | |
| GNIS feature ID | 1019119 | |
| Website | www |
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Beulaville is a town located in Duplin County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,296 as of 2010, making it the fourth most populous town in the county. The community lies within Limestone Creek Township.
The earliest Native Americans thought to have roamed the area were the Joara (whose settlements date back to AD 1000), based out of present-day Burke County. The Joara were the chiefdom of the Mississippian culture. Immediately prior to European colonization in the early 18th century, the coastal plain of North Carolina was home to many distinct Native American tribes: the Coree, Coharie, several small Neusiok communities, and the Tuscarora. This latter tribe gradually became the most dominant in the region as smaller tribes were either exterminated by Europeans or peacefully assimilated into the Tuscarora for collective security. By the time of permanent European settlement, the Tuscarora were utilizing the heavily forested areas of eastern Duplin County as a hunting ground.
Native American burial mounds are numerous in Duplin County, in the rural areas surrounding Beulaville especially. There are four sizable mounds within a ten-mile radius of the town, the two largest being in the vicinity of Hallsville and Sarecta. Combined, these mounds contain roughly one hundred bodies.
The arrival of the Palatines at New Bern and the ensuing wave of English and Welsh settlers sparked a conflict known as the Tuscarora War (1710–1715). With the elimination of the last Tuscarora stronghold at Fort Neoheroka and subsequent exodus of the remainder of the tribe to New York (they became the sixth nation of the Iroquois Confederacy), the interior of the coastal plain was made available for European settlement. Many of the original European settlers of what is now Beulaville arrived from Jones, Onslow, Beaufort, and Craven counties.
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