Historical Marker

Bingham School

Historical marker location:
7467 NC-39, Williamsboro, North Carolina
( Marker is at the intersection of Stagecoach Road (County Road 1329) and Highway 39, on the right when traveling west on Stagecoach Road.)
Marker installed: 1975

North Carolina has a rich African-American history, including the establishment of the first free black community in the United States, known as the Roanoke Island Freedmen's Colony, during the Civil War.