A Message from the Mayor
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Welcome to the Town of Pollocksville, a quiet little town of 275 located in the northeast portion of Jones County in North Carolina. U.S. Highway #17 runs thru town and provides fast transport to the north and south portions of the State. For the most part this area is devoted to farming where the ground is very fertile and most everything grows. A large portion of the acreage has been set aside for industry which has been growing for the past years. Tobacco was a major crop but has been substantially reduced in recent years due to loss of demand. Tobacco provided the major portion of taxes. Many tobacco farmers have turned back to the growing of cotton. The Town Hall is located on the banks of the Trent River on Highway #17. Newly installed walkways provide an ideal location for fishing. |
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town is governed by a Mayor and five Commissioners who are elected for
four year terms on a staggered basis. The Town Meeting is held at
Town Hall at 7:30 on the second Tuesday of each month. The tax
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See Economic
Development Commission
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Peggy H. White - Commissioner - Mayor Pro Tem |
Ellis S. Banks, Jr. - Commissioner |
Doris W. Oliver - Commissioner |
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James L. Coleman - Commissioner |
B. E. (Nickey) Miller - Commissioner |
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Position |
Name |
Address |
| Commissioner,
Pro Tem |
Peggy H. White | P.O. Box 221, Pollocksville, NC 28573 252 224-9551 |
| Commissioner |
Ellis S. Banks, Jr. | P.O. Box 9, Pollocksville, NC 28573 252 224-9071 |
| Commissioner |
Doris W. Oliver | P.O. Box 231, Pollocksville, NC 28573 252 224-6241 |
| Commissioner |
James L. Coleman | P.O. Box 215, Pollocksville, NC 28573 252 224-4631 |
| Commissioner |
B. E. (Nickey) Miller | P.O. Box 33, Pollocksville, NC 28573 252 224-6791 |
| Town
Clerk/Finance Officer |
Gail W. Thomas | P.O. Box 97, Pollocksville, NC
28573 252-224-9831 |
| Chief of Police | William
D. (Billy) Peterson |
P.O. Box 97, Pollocksville, NC 28573 252 224-0700 |
| Public Works Director Zoning Administrator | J. J. Chadwick, Jr. | P.O.
Box 288, Pollocksville, NC 28573 Business: 252 224-9831 Residence: 252 224-2201 Shop: 252 224-1620 |
| Chairman,
Planning Board |
Sherrie Henderson | P.O. Box 96, Pollocksville, NC 28573 252 224-0342 |
| Attorney |
Clare Lynn Brock | P.O. Box 219, Trenton, NC 28555 448-3911 252 527-5714 |
| Fire
Marshall/Fire Chief |
Donald Shivar | |
| Librarian |
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| Gail W. Thomas - Town Clerk/Finance Officer | William D. (Billy) Peterson - Chief of Police |
Pre-Colonial Days
Prior to the
arrival of the colonists, Pollocksville was occupied by the Tuscarora
Indians who farmed the land and hunted game and fished the Trent River.
The first colonists to arrive were in bad shape. The ship carrying
them to the New World was attacked and raided by pirates leaving them
without food supplies and clothing. They faced winter with certain
death. It was the friendly Tuscarora Indians who came to their aid
giving them food and clothing to tide them through the winter. There is
more to this bit of history which you will find at Tuscarora
Indians.
Early Settlers
Pollocksville located
on the Trent River is the oldest town in Jones County.
Pollocksville was settled originally by German Palatines and colonists
from Bern, Switzerland. The town was first known as "Trent
Bridge" because a bill was passed in the Colonial Assembly to have
a bridge built. Pollocksville was originally chartered in 1834 and
took its name from George Pollock, holder of a large land grant in that
area. In its early days , a thriving steamboat landing with
merchants buying and selling with the planters in the area. The
river is navigable with an average depth 10 foot channel to New Bern,
thence to the Neuse River and Pamlico Sound
Pollocksville is only fifteen miles from New Bern by way of Highway #17 and like Maysville, Trenton and Comfort, it is popular with sportsmen because of the deer and bear hunting nearby. Pollocksville is well known for fishing all over the country.
Atlantic Coast Line and Norfolk
and Southern Railroads
The
building of the Atlantic Coast Line and Norfolk and Southern railroads
in the late 1800's helped to boost land values in the county to make
logging an important industry. Nearby New Bern was the site of a
large lumber mill where logs were converted to lumber. It was
during this time that farmers gave up raising cotton because of the
"boll weevil" and switched to tobacco.
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