Some More on Wilmington WWII Housing-- Part 1

From the Feb. 9, 2010, Wilmington (NC) Star-News "My Reporter: What is the history of housing developments put in at Greenfield Lake? Were they once military housing?" by Ben Steelman.

Housing developments named Lake Village, Lake Forest and Greenfield Terrace were built around Wilmington, North Carolina's Greenfield Lake. (The first two developments reminded me of Chicago suburbs.) They were built for civilian defense workers, mostly working at the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, present day site of the NC State Port facility.

During World War II, Wilmington, as did many military equipment ports, faced a severe housing shortage as workers and military personnel flocked into the city. From a prewar population of 33,000 in 1941, the city grew to 120,000 at the height of the war.

That's Called Real Fast Growth. --GreGen