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Fort Johnston was a British fort, later a United States Army post, in Brunswick County, North Carolina on Moore Street near Southport, North Carolina. It stands on the west bank of the Cape Fear River , four miles above its mouth.
Built in 1951 and opened in 1955, the facility is situated on an Army-owned 8,500-acre (34 km 2) site on the banks of the Cape Fear River in Brunswick and New Hanover counties of North Carolina approximately 16 miles (26 km) south of Wilmington, North Carolina.
Fort Johnston Visitor's Center and Museum will be open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at 203 E. Bay St., Southport The NC Maritime Museum at 204 E. Moore St., Southport will be open 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
North of Southport off North Carolina Highway 133 Southport: 5: Cape Fear Civil War Shipwreck Discontiguous District ... Fort Johnston: Fort Johnston. June 7, 1974 ...
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The first stone is dated 1804 however, earlier burials are suspected possibly dating to the construction of Fort Johnston in 1745. The city of Southport was originally named Smithville.
Southport developed around Fort Johnston. [5] Southport was founded as the town of Smithville in 1792. [6] Joshua Potts had requested the formation of a town adjacent to Fort Johnston, and the North Carolina General Assembly formed a commission of five men to administer its founding.
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