What's in a Name: How Some Sections of Goldsboro Got Their Names-- Part 1

Continued from the early column post from today.  Goldsboro, North Carolina.

LITTLE WASHINGTON  Little Washington became a black settlement after the freeing of the slaves following the Civil War, and was named for the nation's capital.  Blacks of the time regarded it as the mecca of their race because Lincolns's Emancipation Proclamation originated from there when he was president.

WEBBTOWN--  Named for store owner Silas Webb who had a business there.

GEORGETOWN--  Named for Dr. George L. Kirby who owned a large amount of property.

EDMUNDSON HILL--  Named for John Edmundson, a real estate dealer who started a subdivision there.

--DsaCootHill