Present Greenville, North Carolina is founded in…

May 1771 CE

Present Greenville, North Carolina is founded in 1771 as "Martinsborough," after the Royal Governor Josiah Martin.

In 1774 the town will be moved to its present location on the south bank of the Tar River, three miles (five kilometers) west of its original site.

In 1786, the name will be changed to Greenesville in honor of General Nathanael Greene, the American Revolutionary War hero.

It will later be shortened to Greenville.

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