Swansboro is a resort town in Onslow County, North Carolina, United States, located along the Crystal Coast. In 2020, the population was 3,744. Swansboro started as a settlement around the plantation of Theophilus Weeks. In 1783, Swansboro was incorporated as a town, taking its name from Samuel Swann, a Speaker in the North Carolina House of Com…
Swansboro is a resort town in Onslow County, North Carolina, United States, located along the Crystal Coast. In 2020, the population was 3,744. Swansboro started as a settlement around the plantation of Theophilus Weeks. In 1783, Swansboro was incorporated as a town, taking its name from Samuel Swann, a Speaker in the North Carolina House of Commons and a resident of Onslow County. In 1818, Otway Burns built the Prometheus, the first river steamboat constructed in North Carolina.
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