Its county seat is Whiteville.

Whiteville is a city in Columbus County, North Carolina, United States.

Whiteville is notable for being the location of the courthouse-burning scene in the 1996 film adaptation of Dorothy Allison's novel Bastard Out of Carolina.

Whiteville was also the scene of then-President Bill Clinton's 1999 " Bridging the Digital Divide " speech at the Vineland Station Railroad Depot, which is now refurbished as a museum.

Whiteville is also the home of the North Carolina Museum of Forestry, a satellite museum of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.

The official newspaper serving Columbus County, The News Reporter, is also based in Whiteville and has been in circulation since 1896.

Southeastern Community College is located a few miles to the west of Whiteville.

Although the railroad tracks leading from west of town towards Lake Waccamaw, have long been disconnected, Whiteville is served by the Columbus County Municipal Airport and several highways, which include U. S. Route 74, U. S. Route 76, U. S. Route 701, North Carolina Highway 130, and North Carolina Highway 131.

Whiteville is a town in Hardeman County, Tennessee.

Whiteville is located at ( 35. 324496 ,-89. 145721 ).

Dewey Lewis Hill ( born August 31, 1925, in Whiteville, North Carolina ) is a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's 20th House district, including constituents in Brunswick and Columbus counties.

Hill is a business executive from Whiteville.

* 1953: Whiteville News Reporter, a semi-weekly North Carolina newspaper, and Tabor City Tribune, a weekly North Carolina newspaper, " for their successful campaign against the Ku Klux Klan, waged on their own doorstep at the risk of economic loss and personal danger, culminating in the conviction of over one hundred Klansmen and an end to terrorism in their communities.

Once restored, the skull of the whale will be on display at the forestry museum in Whiteville, NC.

** Whiteville ( N. C .) News Reporter and Tabor City ( N. C .) Tribune, two weekly newspapers, for their successful campaign against the Ku Klux Klan, waged on their own doorstep at the risk of economic loss and personal danger, culminating in the conviction of over one hundred Klansmen and an end to terrorism in their communities.

While at Whiteville High School in Whiteville, North Carolina, he led the basketball team to the 2A State Championship in 1999, before transferring to William G. Enloe High School in Raleigh, NC for his senior year.

The county has seven incorporated towns: Bolton, Cerro Gordo, Chadbourn, Fair Bluff, Tabor City, Lake Waccamaw, and Whiteville.

Along with the Whiteville News Reporter, the Tribune was awarded the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for its editorials against the Ku Klux Klan.

Whiteville was the birthplace and hometown of the important 20th century poet A. R. Ammons.

Waccamaw Academy and Columbus Christian Academy are private K-12 schools in Whiteville.

He often mentioned his growing up in Whiteville in several interviews and essays, and occasionally used Columbus County as the setting for his poetry.

The owner of the First General Store, owned by the " White " family, pushed for the town to be named Whiteville.

Whiteville High School, home of the Wolfpack, competes in division 2A NCHSAA sports and has won 14 state championships: four in baseball ( 1983, 1985, 1989, and 1991 ), four individual track championships, one in team golf ( 1986 ), two in football ( 1965 and 1987 ), and three in basketball ( 1969, 1999, and 2000 ).

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The school is located at 9-1/2 Mile Road, Woodward Heights.

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This temporary Peace Corps is being established under existing authority in the Mutual Security Act and will be located in the Department of State.

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