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A Glance at the Town of Zebulon, North Carolina

Zebulon sits on the high ground between the Little River and Moccasin a day later on February 16, 1907. The 49 acres Barbee and Arendell had
Creek. It came into existence during the early part of the 20th century originally purchased for $1470 were divided into lots, blocks, avenues and
when businessmen from Raleigh realized the economic potential in streets. In May of 1907, the towns people elected Thomas J. Horton, Thomas
building a railway to connect the state capitol to points eastward. F. Powell and Joseph F. Fields as the first town commissioners, with Horton
In 1906, the Raleigh & Pamlico Sound Railway Company decided to as mayor.
bring their railroad through farmland owned by the Whitley and Horton By 1910, Zebulon had a population of 483. This number nearly
families. This site was one-and-a-half miles south of what, in the 19th doubled by the 1920s. The town flourished with 1000 people, five tobacco
century, had been a stage coach stop known as Wakefield. warehouses, two banks, fourteen stores, three cotton buyers and a cotton
That same year, Edgar B. Barbee, a developer from Raleigh, joined mill, as well as a number of professionals and social institutions. The
forces with Falconer B. Arendell, a Wakefield native. They formed The bustling downtown business district was an early indication of Zebulon’s
Zebulon Company which was named for Zebulon Baird Vance (a popular economic prosperity.
Civil War governor of North Carolina). The company received its charter on The staff at McLean’s Ole Time Café welcomes you, and we hope you
February 15, 1906. The town of Zebulon received its charter a year and enjoy your stay.

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