The October 7th Wilmington (NC) Star-News ran a column by My Reporter where people ask questions that the staff expertly answer. The question today was about why the streets of Pine Valley are named for Confederates.
THE ANSWER
Not all are named for Confederates. HAIG DRIVE is named for the British general. REAGAN COURT for either the former president or John H. Reagan, the Confederate post master general. SEMMES DRIVE gets its name from Raphael Semmes, the commander of the CSS Alabama.
Pine Valley grew up around the Pine Valley Country Club and was founded in 1955, just before the 1961 centennial of the Civil War. In New Hanover County, streets are either named by the developer or neighborhood residents. The city annexxed Pine Valley in 1983 after a bitter fight.
OTHER CONFEDERATE NAMES
WHITING COVE-- after General W. H. C. Whiting who commanded the defenses of Wilmington and was mortally wounded at Fort Fisher.
BRAGG DRIVE-- after General Braxton Bragg (I don't think I'd want to live on this road).
More Names to Come. --Old B-R
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
