Topics Related to This Day in North Carolina History

On November 18, 1799, Glasgow County, in eastern North Carolina, was renamed Greene County.

On November 18, 1879, the first North Carolina Colored State Fair opened in Raleigh.

On November 18, 1781, British forces under Maj. James Craig evacuated Wilmington.

On November 17, 1862, 19-year-old James Wells Champney drafted a collection of small images titled “First impressions of North Carolina, sketched in cars on the [way] to newbern.”

On November 17, 1753, fifteen Moravian men from Pennsylvania arrived in present-day Forsyth County on the land they called Wachovia. 

On November 17, 1949, Cameron Village—one of the first shopping centers in the Southeast—opened in Raleigh. The shopping center was part of a larger, 158-acre planned development that also included single-family homes and several apartment buildings.

On November 17, 1908, local officials from across North Carolina met in Charlotte to discuss their experiences in city and town management. Governor Robert Glenn joined them, as did the mayors of Boston, Houston and Roanoke, Va.

On November 16, 1765, North Carolina’s stamp master, William Houston, resigned his post amid demonstrations against the Stamp Act.

On November 16, 1951, renowned writer, journalist and literary critic Edwin A. Björkman died in Asheville.