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Community Overview




                                                                               Where community feels like family

                                                                               W       hen people move from Raleigh   Coats, Dunn, and Erwin – and expands to
                                                                                       or another large city to live
                                                                                                                   some residents residing in Fuquay-Varina
                                                                                       in Lillington, they are moving   and Sanford.
                                                                               to the suburbs because of our town’s      Life in Lillington is balanced and
                                                                               outstanding reputation for building
                                                                                                                   sincerely good-natured. Here in central
                                                                               community. It’s beautiful here where the
                                                                                                                   Harnett County, your new town is home to
                                                                               Cape Fear River flows through the heart of
                                                                                                                   Lillington River Park, a nearly eight-acre
                                                                               town and where everyone knows someone
                                                                                                                   park on the Cape Fear River, along with
                                                                               on the sidewalks of the town. Lillington
                                                                                                                   other town and county parks and
                                                                               is the county seat of Harnett County
                                                                                                                   the Botanical Trail. Campbell University
                                                                               and is equidistant between Raleigh and
                                                                                                                   and Central Carolina Community College
                                                                               the internationally recognized Research
                                                                                                                   offer higher education and lifetime
                                                                               Triangle Park to the north, and Fayetteville
                                                                                                                   learning opportunities.
                                                                               and the nation’s largest military installation,
                                                                                                                      Downtown on Main Street, residents
                                                                               Fort Liberty, to the south.
                                                        Lillington Community Center
                                                                                  Harnett County is geographically   and visitors browse the locally owned
                                                                               diverse between the piedmont, sandhills,   shops and make time for lunch, or a coffee,
                                                                               and the coastal plain. The county is home   and spirited cheers at local restaurants,
                                                                               to five municipalities – Lillington, Angier,   sports bars, and a winery tasting room.
      LILLINGTON TIMELINE
                                                                  1903
        Pre-Colonial                  1855                        The Town of Lillington becomes official   1970
        Both Iroquoian and Siouan-speaking   Harnett County is formed   on March 4, 1903 when Harnett County   Raven Rock State Park is   2053
        peoples occupy the present-day   from Cumberland          Commissioners purchase 100 acres   established and offers space to   Lillington will celebrate its
        Harnett County area as Europeans   County and named for   near a ferry crossing on the south side   camp, picnic, hike, bike, ride   Sesquicentennial – 150 Years.
        arrive. The river is a source of food,   Revolutionary War patriot   of the Cape Fear River. The name honors   trails on horseback, and fish
        water, recreation, and inspiration for   and delegate to the   the American Revolutionary War patriot,   and canoe the Cape Fear River.
        people then, and now.         Continental Congress,       John A. Lillington.
                                      Cornelius Harnett.
                                                                                            1948
                     1730s-1740s                               1859                         The Lillington Area Chamber        2003
                     European settlement begins in the         Originally named Long        of Commerce opens to serve         Lillington celebrates
                     area with English, Scot Highlander,       Creek Village, Lillington is   and grow local business          its Centennial.
                     and German settlers.                      established as a county seat.  opportunities.




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