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March 1843 CE
Local legend has it the Goldsborough supporters put moonshine in the town's well to encourage people to vote for Goldsborough.
Around 1787, when Wayne County was formed, a town named Waynesborough had grown around the county's courthouse. In 1787, William Whitfield III (son of William Whitfield II) and his son were appointed "Directors and Trustees" for designing and building the town.
Located on the east bank of the Neuse River, the town became the county seat.
Population growth in Waynesborough continued through the 1830s.
However, this changed once the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad was completed in the early 1840s.
By then, a hotel had been built at the intersection of the railroad and New Bern Road, which grew into a community after the train started to transport passengers from there.
More and more citizens soon relocated from Waynesborough to this growing village, named eventually "Goldsborough's Junction" after Major Matthew T. Goldsborough, an Assistant Chief Engineer with the railroad line.
Later this was shortened simply to Goldsborough.
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