Wayne County NcArchives History .....Everittsville Post Office History ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Guy Potts http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00017.html#0004214 April 29, 2015, 11:50 pm From wikipedia.org - Dudley, NC Another town named Dudley originally existed several miles north from its current location. It was founded by Labon Lewis, the son of a Revolutionary soldier, and named for his deceased brother Dudley Lewis. On January 13, 1840, a post office was established for this town. This office's name was later changed to Everettsville which was moved to a new location in 1849 and was closed in 1866. ---- From "A History of Dudley" by Claude Moore The first Dudley located at Genoa a few miles south of Goldsboro was named for Dudley Lewis. The name was changed to Everettsville, named for the well known Everett family who owned large grants of land south of the Neuse. When the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad was built between 1836-40, the present village of Dudley five miles south of Goldsboro, came into being as a labor camp for the railroad. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/wayne/history/other/everitts75nms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ncfiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb