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Figure Eight Island is a barrier island in the U.S. state of North Carolina, just north of Wrightsville Beach, widely known as an affluent summer colony and vacation destination. The island is part of the Wilmington Metropolitan Area, and lies between the Intracoastal Waterway and the Atlantic Ocean. As a private island, Figure Eight can only be reached by boat or via a guarded causeway swing bridge—the only private bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway in the American Southeast.Nicknamed "The Hamptons of the South", the island has been a destination for celebrities and politicians—including former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and Senator John Edwards—and a summer residence for noted businessmen, including John J. Mack and William Johnston Armfield.

Porters Neck is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States. Its population was 6,204 as of the 2010 census.

Ogden is a census-designated place (CDP) in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States. It is both a suburb of the city of Wilmington and part of the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 6,766 at the 2010 census, up from 5,481 in 2000.

Bayshore is a census-designated place (CDP) in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 3,393 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Poplar Grove Plantation is a peanut plantation by the Topsail sound in Scotts Hill near Wilmington in Pender County, North Carolina. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in North Carolina on July 16, 1979.

James D. and Frances Sprunt Cottage is a historic beach cottage located at Wrightsville Beach, New Hanover County, North Carolina. It was built in 1937, and is an elevated two-story, three-bay frame cottage. It features a gable-front roof with exposed rafter tails, a main-level porch with an upper deck, and a double-tier wraparound porch. The ground level includes a two-car garage.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

Wrightsville Beach is a town in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States. Wrightsville Beach is just east of Wilmington and is part of the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,477 at the 2010 census. The town consists of a 4-mile (6 km) long beach island, an interior island called Harbor Island, and pockets of commercial property on the mainland. It served as a filming location of Dawson's Creek.

Kirkland, more commonly known as Porter's Neck, was a census-designated place (CDP) in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States. Redesignated as Porters Neck CDP for the 2010 census, the population was 6,204. It is part of the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Gabriel's Landing, also known as Old Oak Point, is a historic estate located at Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina. The main house was built 1936, and consists of a 1+1⁄2-story, five-bay, central section flanked by one-story recessed wings in the Colonial Revival style. The front facade features a one-story piazza, and the house has a ceramic tile shingle roof. Also on the property is a contributing cottage (c. 1936), cabin (c. 1936), two-story barn (c. 1936), and stable (c. 1936).It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

Mount Lebanon Chapel and Cemetery, also known as Lebanon Chapel, is a historic Episcopal chapel and cemetery located on the grounds of Airlie Gardens in Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina. It was built about 1835, and is a one-story, three bay by three bay, gable-roofed, rectangular building in a vernacular Greco-Gothic. It measures 26 feet wide and 37 feet deep, and is sheathed in weatherboard. It was restored in 1974. The cemetery contains 138 burials dating from 1815 to 2016. It is the oldest known surviving church in New Hanover County.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

Airlie Gardens is a 67-acre (27 ha) public garden in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Bradley-Latimer Summer House is a historic home located at Wrightsville Beach, New Hanover County, North Carolina. It was built about 1855, and is a picturesque, two-story, three bays wide by two bays deep, hipped-roof dwelling. It features a broad, one-story veranda encompassing the entire structure.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.