The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗In 1963, Floyd G. Hinnant, Postmaster of Pine Level, wrote down his history of Pine Level:
In the days of slow transportation this little town, the third oldest in Johnston County, was a trading center for the pioneer turpentine prospectors and merchants who were obligated to feed the workers who followed those who were setting up turpentine distilleries. In 1868 two brothers, Daniel Thomas Oliver and William Berry Oliver migrated from Robinson County in the interest of turpentine, setting up a distillery. Finding the natural setting of pine trees applicable to their need and in a fairly level country, the town found its name, Pine Level.
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Start Pine Level’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pine Level’s history is told.
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2000
Nothing in Pine Level is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Pine Level has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Union Station in Selma, 1.9 miles away.
Pine Level and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.