Fort Landing, North Carolina
unincorporated community in Tyrrell County, North Carolina
Fort Landing is an unincorporated community in Tyrrell County, North Carolina, United States. The community is located on the western banks of the Little Alligator River/East Lake; 13 miles (21 km) east of Columbia. From 1932 to 1951, Fort Landing was the eastern terminus of US 64.
History
Following Thomas Miller and Joshua Tarkenton's expedition in 1680, the first settlers started to come in the area in the year 1700, stationing themselves in the area known as "Alligator Creek". The settlement came to be due to the necessity of creating a functioning log stockade protecting against local Native Americans. The area was supposed to be temporarily used, but stuck around and developed into a local community.
Fort Landing was granted a US Post Office on April 2, 1856, led by Postmaster was Mr. William J. Beasley, the very first one in the community. However, on May 15, 1931, the Post Office closed forever.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Fort Landing, North Carolina” as unincorporated community in Tyrrell County, North Carolina. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as unincorporated community in Tyrrell County, North Carolina. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5471453. Authority coordinates are 35.945, -76.064. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1932, 1951, 1680 and 1700.
A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
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This entry incorporates text from “Fort Landing, North Carolina” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.