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Beulaville is a town located in Duplin County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,116. At the previous census in 2010, the population was 1,296. The community lies within the Limestone Creek Township.

The earliest Native Americans thought to have lived in the area were the Joara (whose settlements date back to AD 1000), based out of present day Burke County. The Joara were the chiefdom of the Mississippian culture. Immediately prior to European colonization in the early 18th century, the coastal plain of North Carolina was home to many distinct Native American tribes: the Coree, Coharie, several small Neusiok communities, and the Tuscarora. This latter tribe gradually became the most dominant in the region as smaller tribes were either exterminated by Europeans or peacefully assimilated into the Tuscarora for collective security. By the time of permanent European settlement, the Tuscarora were utilizing the heavily forested areas of eastern Duplin County as a hunting ground. Native American burial mounds are numerous in Duplin County, in the rural areas surrounding Beulaville especially. There are four sizable mounds within a ten mile radius of the town, the two largest being in the vicinity of Hallsville and Sarecta. Combined, these mounds contain roughly one hundred bodies.

The arrival of the Palatines at New Bern and the ensuing wave of English and Welsh settlers sparked a conflict known as the Tuscarora War (1710–1715). With the elimination of the last Tuscarora stronghold at Fort Neoheroka and subsequent exodus of the remainder of the tribe to New York (they became the sixth nation of the Iroquois Confederacy), the interior of the coastal plain was made available for European settlement. Many of the original European settlers of what is now Beulaville arrived from Beaufort, Craven, Jones, and Onslow counties. In 1736, Duplin County (then upper New Hanover County) was the destination of several hundred Ulster Scots (Scotch Irish) and a handful of Swiss Protestants. They settled on a plot of land, between the Northeast Cape Fear River and Black River, obtained from the Crown by Henry McCulloh of London. Their first settlements were Soracta (Sarecta) on the Northeast Cape Fear, an area at the lower end of Goshen Swamp (then called Woodward's Chase), and the grove where the Duplin County Courthouse now stands. According to census records, several families of Sarecta and the settlement at the south end of Goshen Swamp had gravitated to the crossroads of what would become Beulaville by the middle of the nineteenth century. Beulaville proper was founded as "Snatchet" in 1873 out of necessity for a trading center for nearby farmers and those in the business of logging and turpentine production. Also colloquially referred to as "Tearshirt" by locals, the town was once notorious for alcoholism and frequent street brawls. Indeed, the manufacture and distribution of corn liquor remained a steady source of income for many families well into the 20th century. Upon demolition of a prominent downtown building (which had formerly served as a soda shop in the 1950s) to make way for a McDonald's, a moonshine still and several barrels of the drink were uncovered in the basement. The Kinston Carolina Railroad and Lumber Company constructed a railway from Kinston to Pink Hill around 1900. In response, residents of Limestone Creek Township spent $15,000 to lobby for the creation of the "Duplin County Railroad" in 1916, extending the Kinston line through Beulaville and Chinquapin. The rail, which ran alongside present day Railroad Street, has since been destroyed. The post office of Snatchet was officially re designated "Beulaville" in 1910, and the town was incorporated five years later. The town's name is derived from the Beulah Baptist Church (now the Beulaville Baptist Church). Beulaville is the most recent town to be incorporated in Duplin County.

In 1839, the county passed a tax for the creation of a public school system. Several decades later (sometime around 1870) the first public school in what would become Beulaville was constructed. The facility which was no more than a small wood cabin employed only one teacher. By 1901, however, four teachers were working out of the schoolhouse. In 1906, property was purchased for a new school. A new two story wooden building was erected and first used in the school year of 1917–1918; the enrollment for that year was nearly 200. Three additions – the auditorium, gym, and band building – were added in 1923, and additional tracts of land were purchased for the school between 1933 and 1950. On November 6, 1945, the school's main building burned to the ground. Only the John Hargett Gymnasium and auditorium were spared. School continued in these buildings and the teacherage located next door until the fall of 1947, when the elementary school building was rebuilt and a new high school building had been constructed. Potter's Hill Elementary merged with Beulaville in 1960, and integration was implemented shortly after. Beulaville is home to one elementary/middle school (Beulaville Elementary) and one secondary school (East Duplin High School). The mascot for both schools, as well as nearby B. F. Grady, is the panther, referring to the eastern cougar which once roamed the swamps and forests of eastern North Carolina. East Duplin High School was built in 1963 and consolidates the elementary schools of Beulaville, B. F. Grady, and Chinquapin.

Beulaville is located on the coastal plain of North Carolina in Duplin County. It is situated at 85 feet (26 m) above sea level, with only minimal changes in topography. Limestone Creek, a small body of water that runs into the Northeast Cape Fear River at Hallsville, borders the western boundary of town. Beulaville is 90 mile (145 km) southeast of Raleigh and 312 mile (502 km) south of Washington, D. C.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land.

+Beulaville racial composition Race Number Percentage White (non Hispanic) 684 61.29% Black or African American (non Hispanic) 278 24.91% Native American 9 0.81% Asian 6 0.54% Other/Mixed 47 4.21% Hispanic or Latino 92 8.24%
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,116 people, 748 households, and 388 families residing in the town.

As of the census The park, located behind the Beulaville Municipal Complex, boasts three baseball fields, two tennis courts, two outdoor basketball courts, and the John Hargett indoor gymnasium. 5 mile (8 km) north of Beulaville on Highway 111, the 167 acre Cabin Lake County Park attracts many locals and visitors for year round camping, canoeing, and hiking. Additionally, the Tarkil Branch Farm Museum at Cedar Fork, 7 mile (11 km) southeast of Beulaville, features a genuine 1830s homestead complete with over 850 artifacts; the operation is situated on a 375 acre working farm.

The manufacture of naval stores and lumbering were the first marketable enterprises for the families inhabiting what is now Limestone Creek Township. These commodities were ferried down the Northeast Cape Fear River (which, in the early nineteenth century, had been made navigable) to Wilmington. As demand for naval stores fell, however, the cultivation of corn and, most importantly, tobacco moved to the forefront. As many of the small scale tobacco growers dropped out of the market due to tobacco buyouts, an economic stimulus was needed; it came in the form of hogs. Agriculture is still the economic lifeline of Beulaville (Duplin now boasts the second highest hog to human ratio in the country), though service industries and manufacturing jobs are gradually supplanting this tradition. Viticulture has noticeably increased throughout the area over the past decade as well. The North Carolina Global TransPark, a multi modal industrial air terminal, is located 30 mile (48 km) to the north in Kinston and is a perk for industry to locate to the area. Beulaville has also benefited from its proximity to Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune 35 mile (56 km) to the southeast in both traffic volume on NC 24 en route to Interstate 40 and in job opportunities for citizens.

Company Industry Employment (countywide) Butterball, LLC Manufacturing 1000+ Smithfield Foods, Inc Manufacturing 1000+ Duplin County Schools Education 1000+ House of Raeford, Inc Manufacturing 1000+ Guilford Mills, Inc Manufacturing 500 999 County of Duplin Public Admin 500 999 Murphy Family Ven. Natural Res. 500 999 James Sprunt CC Education 250 499Eastpointe Human ServicesManaged Care Organization 100 249 Goshen Medical Health Svc. 100 249 Superior Metal Structures & Concrete, LLC Manufacturing 10 15 Precision Hydraulic Manufacturing 100 249 McDonald's Hospitality 50 99