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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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Houses, storefronts, churches, and the streets that connect them.
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Clubs, volunteer companies, and the work they funded.
Recorded stories
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History of Whitley Furniture Galleries
The History of Whitley Furniture Galleries (Zebulon Supply Company) By MaryBeth Carpenter Whitley Furniture Galleries began as the Zebulon S...
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James Bunn House
James Bunn House – An Antebellum Gem By MaryBeth Carpenter Twin Lakes Farmz on Highway 39 in Zebulon is owned and operated by David an...
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Rebecca Horton Hinton
Rebecca Horton Hinton – Zebulon Matriarch By MaryBeth Carpenter Still hearty at age 96, Rebecca Horton Hinton reflects on her life in Zebulo...
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About our Logo
By MaryBeth Carpenter The lunette window, found in the gables of the John D. Finch house, is also seen throughout Eastern North Carolina in ...
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The Horton Kimball house was built in 1892
By Tony Williamson The house is situated in Wakefield just North of Zebulon. The Wakefield area began as a plantation owned by A. J. Foster ...
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Moore’s Mills and Little River Dam Reflect 180 Years in Zebulon
By MaryBeth Carpenter The Little River Dam in Zebulon which controlled water near the bridge over Route 97, was damaged from the rush of wat...
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EC Daniel House
Zebulon gains its first private home to become a Wake County Landmark.By MaryBeth Carpenter ZEBULON – The E.C. and Elvah Daniel house ...
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Wakelon High School Becomes Wake County Landmark
By MaryBeth Carpenter Zebulon received its very first landmarked property in Fall 2018. Wakelon High School was designated a local lan...
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People
Three Florists Bloomed Over the Years in Zebulon
By MaryBeth Carpenter Dwain Driver, owner and operator of Lovallo Florist, has worked in the business of comforting, uplifting, and supporti...
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Eva Jade Frady Liles
Eva Jane Frady Liles Wendell-born woman makes her mark in Zebulon, has huge heart for both towns By MaryBeth Carpenter Eva was born on May 1...
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George Mitchell Duke
George Mitchell Duke Mitchell Duke recalls memories of Hopkins Chapel Area By MaryBeth Carpenter Known to friends as Mitchell, George Mitche...
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.