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Wrights Creekrises in N Jackson County and flows SW into Soco Creek.
Wrights IslandS Onslow County on the NE side of New River Inlet.
Wrights StationSee Lowell.
Wrightsborocommunity in N New Hanover County. Alt. approx. 35.
Wrightsvilleformer community in NW Duplin County near the present site of Faison, which see. Appears on the MacRae map, 1833, but apparently declined after the est. of Faison.
Wrightsvillecommunity on the mainland of E New Hanover County near the mouth of Bradleys Creek and Middle Sound. Settled about 1780. Known at one time as Wrightsville Sound. Named for Joshua G. Wright (1840-94) of Wilmington, organizer of a real estate agency.
Wrightsville Beachisland approx. 4 mi. long, E New Hanover County between Atlantic Ocean and Wrightsville Sound.
Wrightsville Beachtown in E New Hanover County on Wrightsville Beach island between the Atlantic Ocean and Wrightsville Sound. Settled about 1889; inc. 1899. Alt. 5. Summer resort.
Wrightsville InletSee Moore Inlet.
Wrightsville SoundE New Hanover County W of Wrightsville Beach island. See also Wrightsville.