New Hanover County Fire History
Research notes by Mike Legeros
Last updated: September 9, 2025
Introduction
This site contains research notes on the history of New Hanover County fire
departments, as first compiled in 2018.
Fire Departments
General Research
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Maps, Graphics, and Documents
Sources
- Adam Alberti apparatus photos,
site
- Google Earth, historical imagery
- Jeremy King research [JKR]
- Joan Stanland research [JSR]
- Kevin Head patch collection
- Lee Wilson photos,
site
- Maffitt Village History, site
- Mike Legeros, former fire departments database,
site
- Mike Legeros, former fire stations database,
site
- New Hanover County Board of Commissioner Minutes [BoC],
site
- New Hanover County GIS, site
- New Hanover County property records,
site
- New Hanover County Public Library, North Carolina Room, vertical files
and other materials
- New Hanover County Register of Deeds, Records Search,
site
- North Carolina Corporation Records,
site
- Oral Histories
- Wilmington Morning Star and Star-News, assorted issues. Both physical
copies and digital editions accessed via America's News, via North Carolina
State Government and Heritage Library,
site
Sources -
Facebook
- Hey Wilmington... Do You Remember? Things around here that are gone
group, page
- Legeros Fire Line posting, Locations of Former New Hanover County
Volunteer Fire Stations,
page
- Legeros Fire Line posting, New Hanover County FD... The Origin
Story?,
page
- Legeros Fire Line Facebook photo gallery, Old New Hanover VFDs,
page
- Old Wilmington, NC Pictures and Postcards group,
page
Plus additional
sources listed
on individual
pages
Copyright 2025 by Michael J. Legeros