Sarecta, North Carolina
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When Sampson County was created out of a portion of Duplin County in 1784, there was a need to establish a new court house in a more central location. Sarecta and the present location of Kenansville were the two candidates, and General James Kenan (for whom Kenansville is named) cast the deciding vote against Sarecta.[3]
By act of the North Carolina General Assembly on January 6, 1787, the town was established under the spelling "Sarecto" and was 100 acres in size including lots and property for a town commons.[4] In the early 19th century, gazetteers would typically describe "Sarecto" as the "chief town" in Duplin County.[5] The town exported raw materials to Wilmington.[1]
Sarecta had a town charter until 1984, the year North Carolina did a sweep to revoke charters of towns which no longer had a functioning government.[6]
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- ↑ (26 July 1903). Picturesque Kenansville, News & Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina)
- ↑ An Act to Establish a Town on the East Side of the North-East of Cape Fear River, in Duplin County, and for Adding Alexander Martin, Esquire, to the Board of Commissioners for the Town of Martinville, in Guilford County (1787)
- ↑ A Gazetteer of the United States (1818)
- ↑ (27 June 1984). 41 Towns Will Lose Charters, Statesville Record & Landmark, page 8A