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Once the site of an Algonkian Indian village, Swansboro's present history began around 1730 when Jonathon and Gracie Green established their settlement. Approximately 10 years later Theophilus Weeks, a prominent landowner, divided a portion of his plantation into 48 lots with 6 streets and developed his colonial port town. In 1783 the town was incorporated as "Swansborough" in honor of Samuel Swann, former speaker of the North Carolina House of Commons and a long time Onslow County resident. The port town continued to prosper with various commercial enterprises until the end of the Civil War. Over the ensuing years the merchants were slowly replaced by a hearty breed of fishermen and farmers. This trend continued until the second World War with the establishment of Camp Lejeune, a Marine Corps base, in nearby Jacksonville and in Craven County, Cherry Point Marine Corp Air Station in Havelock, NC. Both are now the largest employers in the region.
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