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People
Neighbors, chiefs, teachers, and shopkeepers, in their own words.
Oral history
The Zebulon Memory Project
Roughly seventeen recorded interviews, an annual documentary film, and a growing archive of photographs contributed by Zebulon families.
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If your family has lived in Zebulon, worked here, worshipped here, or ran a business here, we would like to record it. An interview takes about an hour and we come to you.
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Places
Houses, storefronts, churches, and the streets that connect them.
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Civic Groups
Clubs, volunteer companies, and the work they funded.
Recorded stories
Places
Jernigan Furniture
Another Legacy Furniture Store Takes Whitley Building By MaryBeth Carpenter Jernigan Furniture, a Goldsboro-based family furniture business ...
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People
Elizabeth Ellet
Elizabeth Ellett: Celebrating Zebulon’s First Female Commissioner By MaryBeth Carpenter In 1957, Zebulon residents elected their first woman...
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Civic Groups
Zebulon Lions Club Celebrates 75th Anniversary
Zebulon Lions Club Celebrates 75th Anniversary By Jane and Waddell Mitchell Lionism has existed as an association since June 7, 1917. Lion...
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Places
Minnie Perry House
Horton Street Gains Another Centennial House Perry Family Saves House, Continues Family Legacy By MaryBeth Carpenter In Spring 2023, ...
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Stringfield Ferrell Memorial
By MaryBeth Carpenter Preservation Zebulon Board Member Tommy Massey and local supporters Brian Perry and Michael Pippin repaired the roof b...
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Places
Little River Ice Company
Save Food, Flavor, Money with Ice LITTLE RIVER ICE COMPANY – By MaryBeth Carpenter As we endure these last hot days of August, we salute an ...
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Places
C.V. Whitley House
C.V. Whitley House featured on tour By MaryBeth Carpenter The home of Colon Vaiden and Nelle Whitley, a prominent and grand home at 324 W. G...
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Civic Groups
Zebulon Chamber of Commerce
Zebulon’s Chamber of Commerce Brief History Zebulon’s Chamber of Commerce celebrated 75 years of promoting business in Town at its luncheon ...
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Places
Zebulon
The Birth of Zebulon Zebulon Chartered in 1907 Zebulon was born from the advancement of the railroad. Investors in the Raleigh and Pamlico ...
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Places
Zebulon Swimming Pool
Zebulon Swimming Pool Soon to be Demolished By MaryBeth Carpenter In 1960, a group of men banded together to form the Zebulon Swimming Pool ...
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Places
Walter Perry Store
Walter Perry Store and Homeplace – A Tribute to Hopkins Area By MaryBeth Carpenter Just north of Zebulon, on N.C. 96 at the corner of ...
Read the storyIn partnership with the Little River Historical Society
The Little River Historical Society holds records that reach well beyond the town limits, and we work with them on research, on public programs, and on the 2026 Time Capsule burial at PNC Bank.
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Zebulon's history stays here because people keep it here.
Membership and gifts fund the films, the tours, the plaques, and the archive. None of it comes from the Town.