Monkey Junction, North Carolina | |
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 Northerly view of Monkey Junction in September 2021, taken from the junction's southeast corner | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | New Hanover |
| Time zone | Eastern |
Monkey Junction is an unincorporated area near Wilmington, North Carolina, United States, in New Hanover County at the intersection of College Road ( NC 132) and Carolina Beach Road ( US 421). It is one of several centers of recent commercial and residential growth near Wilmington. [1] In 2008, Wilmington began controversial efforts to annex the community, but in 2012, the annexation requests were overturned by the North Carolina General Assembly. [2] [3]
History
The intersection has been known as "Monkey Junction" for almost seventy years, due to a gas station that was located there from the late 1930s through the mid-1970s. The station, run by Dina and Jack Spindle, kept live monkeys in order to attract customers from a bus that passed by on the way to and from Carolina Beach, which lies several miles south of the junction. [4] The bus driver would stop near the station and announce "Monkey Junction".
Non-natives can be readily identified as they refer to the locale as it appears on maps "Myrtle Grove Junction", a reference to the local residential neighborhood nearby.
References
- ^ "Nearly 250 new townhomes proposed near Monkey Junction".
- ^ "Wilmington Approves Controversial Monkey Junction Annexation". Carolina Journal -. June 25, 2009. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
- ^ "North Carolina stops annexation of Monkey Junction". WWAYTV3. May 30, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
- ^ "Beginnings of familiar people and places" in Wilmington Magazine, April 4, 2007. Retrieved May 8, 2008.
34°08′24″N 77°53′37″W / 34.1400°N 77.8935°W
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