Newton Homesite and Cemetery

Historic cemetery in North Carolina, United States

United States historic place
Newton Homesite and Cemetery
34°1′5″N 77°54′47″W / 34.01806°N 77.91306°W / 34.01806; -77.91306
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
NRHP reference No.97000166[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 13, 1997
Historic marker at the site

The Newton Homesite and Cemetery are a remnant of the earliest settlement of the outer coast of North Carolina near Carolina Beach. The site is located southwest of Carolina Beach off Dow Road South, adjacent to the Federal Point Methodist Cemetery. It includes a small cemetery of its own, and the archaeological remains of an early homestead, dating to the early 18th century, and that of an early 19th-century homestead.[2]

The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Newton Homesite and Cemetery". Federal Point Historical Society. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
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