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Interesting Sites
Onslow County Partnership for
Children
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2008
Onslow County Resource Manual (PDF)
About
Onslow County
was formed in 1734 from a portion of New Hanover County. The county was named for the Honorable Arthur
Onslow, Speaker of the British House of Commons for 33 years. The County is
located in southeastern North Carolina and is bordered by Pender County to the
south, Duplin County to the west, Carteret and Jones to the northeast and
north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. The County is approximately 120
miles east of Raleigh, and 50 miles north of Wilmington, NC.
Onslow County has a flat, gently
rolling terrain which slopes from an altitude of 63 feet at the town of
Richlands to sea level and covers a total of 756 square miles encompassing
nearly 500,000 acres. Of this total, 151,000 acres make up U.S. Marine Corps
Base Camp Lejeune. The city of