The corporate boundaries of the Town of Ayden shall be as follows until changed in accordance with law:
BEGINNING at the intersection of the north line of East Second Street with the north line of North Carolina Highway 102 on the eastern side of the Town of Ayden as shown on a map recorded in Deed Book Q45 page 93:
1. Thence, S 88°-06' W, 122.86 feet with the north line of North Carolina Highway 102 to the south line of East Second Street.
2. Thence, S 88°-09' W, 355.80 feet with the north line of North Carolina Highway 102 to the southeast corner of Greenfield Subdivision.
Thence, continuing with the northern line of North Carolina Highway 102 calls 3 through 7 following:
3. S 88°-16'-11" W, 371.46 feet,
4. N 88°-48'-14" W, 212.74 feet,
5. N 85°-10'-13" W, 130.20 feet,
6. N 81°-27'-54" W, 154.25 feet,
7. N 78°-01'-45" W, 52.80 feet,
8. Thence, crossing North Carolina Highway 102 in a southerly direction 100 feet more or less to the intersection of the south line of North Carolina Highway 102 with the east line of Edge Road.
9. Thence, with the eastern property line of said Edge Road in a southerly direction 1,210 feet more or less to the northern property line of Bonnie B. Basden property.
10. Thence, with Bonnie B. Basden's northern property line in a westerly direction 801 feet more or less to a canal.
11. Thence, with said canal in a northwesterly direction to the northeast corner of Mrs. Bertha I. Hardee property and the northwest corner of the development of the Sunrise Park as shown on Map of W.B. Duke in April, 1961.
12. Thence, in a westerly direction with the southern property line of Sunrise Park Subdivision (Map Book 1 page 109) to a corner 150 feet east of the eastern property line of Blount Street.
13. Thence, in a southerly direction and 150 feet east of the eastern property line of Blount Street to the eastern property line of Bonnie B. Basden.
14. Thence, in a southeasterly direction with Bonnie B. Basden's eastern property line to Bonnie B. Basden's southeastern corner, also the corner of the Hardee and the Town of Ayden Cemetery division line.
15. Thence, with the Town of Ayden and Hardee division line in an eastern direction to a corner.
16. Thence, continuing with their line in a southerly direction 300 feet to another corner.
17. Thence, continuing with their line in a westerly direction 200 feet more or less to the Town of Ayden Cemetery property and the Bertha I. Hardee property corner.
18. Thence, in a southerly direction with the eastern property line of the Town of Ayden property 345 feet more or less to the southeast corner of the Town of Ayden property and the southwest corner of the Bonnie B. Basden property in the northern property line of Roosevelt Street.
19. Thence, with the northern property line of Roosevelt Street in a westerly direction 340 feet more or less to the extension of the western line of Lot 14, Block B of Washington Heights Subdivision (Map Book 3 page 204).
20. Thence, with the western line extended of Lots 8 through 14, Block B to the southwest corner of Lot 8, Block B in the northern property line of Turnage Street.
21. Thence, across Turnage Street in a southerly direction to the northwest corner of Lot l, Block C of said Washington Heights Subdivision.
22. Thence, continuing with the western lines of the said Washington Heights Subdivision in a southerly direction 425 feet more or less to the southern line of the Cannon-Tyson Subdivision (Map Book 1 page 77).
23. Thence, in a northwesterly direction with the southern line of said Cannon-Tyson Subdivision 340 feet more or less to the southwest corner of Lot 23 of said subdivision, said point being on the eastern line of Lot 25 in said subdivision.
24. Thence, in a southerly direction along the eastern property line of said Lot 25, 20 feet more or less to the southeast corner of said Lot 25, said point being the northeast corner of Lot 34 in said subdivision.
25. Thence, S 66°-07' W, 146.40 feet to the northwest corner of the Burney lot as shown on a plat entitled Annexation Parcel 7, Town of Ayden by McDavid Associates, Inc., dated March 28, 1982.
26. Thence, S 24°-43' E, 227.50 feet with the west line of the Burney lot and crossing Edge Road to the south line of Edge Road.
27. Thence, N 75°-45' E, 1000 feet more or less with the south line of Edge Road to the west line of the access road to the sewage disposal plant of the Town of Ayden.
28. Thence, with the west line of said road S 15°-00' E, 507 feet to a ditch. Thence, with a ditch calls 29 through 32 following:
29. N 88°-30' W, 135 feet,
30. S 02°-00' W, 210 feet,
31. N 88°-30' W, 120 feet,
32. S l°-15' W, 535 feet.
33. Thence, leaving the ditch, N 86°-30' W, 75 feet with a fence.
34. Thence, with said fence S l°-15' W, 40 feet to a point which is located in the extension of the northern line of the Aubrey Little and Hubert Hart properties.
35. Thence, with the northern line of Hubert Hart and Aubrey Little N 67° W, 1478 feet to the east line of Gum Swamp Road.
36. Thence, in a westerly direction with Doris Gooding's northern line 500 feet more or less to the west line of Seaboard Coast Line Railroad.
37. Thence, S 14°-38' W, 2600 feet more or less to a corner between Kenneth Branch and Celia Garris in the west line of said railroad.
38. Thence, N 63°-37' W, 1950 feet more or less to the southeast corner of the Ayden Building and Supply Company Incorporated lot.
39. Thence, along the southern line of said Ayden Building and Supply Company in a westerly direction 300 feet more or less to the eastern property line of County Road 1149.
40. Thence, northeasterly with the eastern line of County Road 1149 (formerly U.S. 11) 1293 feet.
41. Thence, N 59°-48' W, 100.00 feet crossing North Carolina Secondary Road 1149 to a point in the west line of North Carolina Secondary Road 1149.
42. Thence, N 24°-12' W, 115.16 feet with a fence along the south side of the Robert L. Jones restaurant lot.
43. Thence, continuing with said fence N 68°-05' W, 50.18 feet.
44. Thence, along the west line of the Robert L. Jones restaurant lot N 19°-47' E, 127.80 feet to a line 150 feet south of the south line of Jackson Street.
45. Thence, in a westerly direction with said line 150 feet south of the southern property line of Jackson Street, 274 feet more or less to a point 150 feet west of the western property line of Joyner Street.
46. Thence, in a northerly direction with said line 150 feet west of the western property line of Joyner Street 100 feet more or less to Robert Johnson's southern property line.
47. Thence, in a westerly direction with Robert Johnson's southern property line 1350 feet more or less to the corner of Robert Johnson and W.B. Jones.
48. Thence, with Robert Johnson and W.B. Jones line in a southerly direction 150 feet more or less to the corner of Robert Johnson and E.F. Dennis.
49. Thence, with the Robert Johnson and E.F. Dennis line in a northwesterly direction 400 feet more or less to a corner of said line.
50. Thence, continuing in a northerly direction with Robert Johnson and E.F. Dennis line 600 feet more or less to a point 150 feet south of the southern property line of Snow Hill Road.
51. Thence, in a westerly direction 150 feet from the southern property line of Snow Hill Road and parallel thereto 100 feet more or less to a point 150 feet south of the intersection of the southern line of Snow Hill Road with a line 150 feet west of and parallel to the western property line of Juanita Street.
52. Thence, northerly 150 feet to a point in the southern property line of Snow Hill Road, said point being said intersection of the southern property line of Snow Hill Road and a line 150 feet west of and parallel to the western line of Juanita Street.
53. Thence, westerly with the southern property line of Snow Hill Road 1700 feet more or less to the eastern property line of North Carolina By-pass Highway Number 11.
54. Thence, with the eastern line of North Carolina Highway 11, 1370 feet more or less to a point.
55. Thence, N 78°-06'-05" W, 610.279 feet, crossing North Carolina Highway 11 and with the Johnson and Noble lot line to the east side of Willow Street.
56. Thence, with the east side of Willow Street S 05°-58'-13" W, 199.464 feet to an iron stake in the north line of Pine Forest Road.
57. Thence, with the north line of Pine Forest Road S 77°-21'-19" E, 354.346 feet to an iron.
58. Thence, S 05°-58'-13" W, 60.388 feet crossing Pine Forest Road to the south line of said road.
59. Thence, N 77°-21'-19" W, 354.346 feet with the south line of Pine Forest Road to a point.
60. Thence, N 77°-29'-54" W, 460.754 feet to the east line of Wildwood Drive.
61. Thence, S 05°-59'-59" W, 964.285 feet with the east line of Wildwood Drive to the north line of County Road 1113.
62. Thence, N 83°-12'-44" W, 529.798 feet crossing Wildwood Drive, continuing along the northern right-of-way of County Road 1113, crossing Pinewood Drive to the western right-of-way of Pinewood Drive at the location where the western right-of-way of Pinewood Drive intersects with the northern right-of-way of County Road 1113.
63. Thence, continuing along the western right-of-way of Pinewood Drive N 05°-59'-59" E, 1602.937 feet to the southern right-of-way of Cedar Lane.
64. Thence, crossing Cedar Lane N 05°-59'-59" E, 50.960 feet to the northern right-of-way of Cedar Lane cornering.
65. Thence, along the northern right- of-way of Cedar Lane N 84°-49'-59" E, 112.106 feet to the centerline of a ditch cornering.
66. Thence, N 04°-05'-20" W, 769.946 feet along the centerline of said ditch to the northern right-of-way of Gum Berry Road cornering.
67. Thence, N 86°-13'-05" E, 213.376 feet along the northern right-of-way of Gum Berry Road to the Mills property line cornering.
68. Thence, leaving the northern right- of-way of Gum Berry Road N 03°-46'-55" W, 156.393 feet along the Mills western property line to the centerline of a ditch.
69. Thence, N 85°-38'-12" E, 433.366 feet cornering.
70. Thence, continuing with the centerline of said ditch S 78°-47'-35" E, 41.202 feet cornering.
71. Thence, continuing with centerline of said ditch N 13°-01'-22" E, 206.212 feet to a point cornering.
72. Thence, leaving the centerline of said ditch S 84°-31'-35" E along the northern property line of the Mills lot 258.719 feet to the Bullock lot.
73. Thence, S 84°-31'-35" E, 199.677 feet along the northern property line of the Bullock lot to the western right-of-way of Secondary Road 1145 cornering.
74. Thence, with the western right-of- way of Secondary Road 1145 N 05°-16'-38" E, 264.454 feet to the southern right-of-way of North Carolina 102.
75. Thence, crossing Secondary Road 1145 and along the southern right-of-way of North Carolina 102 S 80°-04'-25" E, 216.158 feet to a point cornering.
76. Thence, continuing along the southern right-of-way of North Carolina 102 S 70°-53'-10" E, 130.000 feet.
77. Thence, S 40°-53'-13" E, 56.800 feet to a concrete monument in the western right-of-way of North Carolina Highway 11.
78. Thence, S 56°-07'-38" E, 246.009 feet crossing North Carolina Highway 11 to a concrete monument on the east line of North Carolina Highway 11.
79. Thence, northeasterly 200 feet more or less crossing Third Street (North Carolina Highway 102) to a point in the northern right-of-way of Third Street.
80. Thence, easterly with the northern property line of Third Street 550 feet more or less to the east line of County Road 1120.
81. Thence, northerly with the east line of County Road 1120, 1060 feet more or less to the northern line of Second Street.
82. Thence, with the north line of Second Street 1250 feet more or less to a concrete monument.
83. Thence, N 61°-45' W, 136 feet more or less to the corner of the W.E. Gibson and Claude Dennis property.
84. Thence, with the W.E. Gibson and Claude Dennis property line in an easterly direction 500 feet more or less to the western property line of Juanita Street (County Road Number 1122).
85. Thence, with the western and northern property line of Juanita Street (County Road Number 1122) in a northerly direction 1200 feet more or less to the northern line of County Road 1122 where said road turns eastward (see map recorded in Deed Book 539 page 482).
86. Thence, with the north line of County Road 1122 extended, N 89°-06' W, 100 feet more or less to a ditch.
87. Thence, with centerline of said ditch N 06°-54' W, 101.9 feet.
88. Thence, N 24°-52' W, 182 feet with said ditch.
89. Thence, leaving said ditch N 60°-20' E, 194.9 feet to center of another ditch.
90. Thence, runs with centerline of second mentioned ditch N 21°-08' W, 216.8 feet to the center of a canal.
91. Thence, with the centerline of said canal N 54°-27' E, 133.5 feet.
92. N 42°-37' E, 230.7 feet with canal.
93. N 87°-44' E, 84.7 feet with canal.
94. Thence, leaving canal and runs S 29°-38' E, 1002 feet to a concrete monument in the northern right-of-way of County Road 1122.
95. Thence, in a southerly direction with the Stroud, Edwards, and Talton eastern property line 700 feet more or less to a point in Mrs. Agnes E. Moore's northern property line.
96. Thence, in an easterly direction with Mrs. Agnes E. Moore's northern property line 100 feet more or less to the northeast corner of Mrs. Agnes E. Moore.
97. Thence, in a southerly direction with Mrs. Agnes E. Moore's eastern property line 50 feet more or less to the northwest corner of the Venters property.
98. Thence, in an easterly direction 1150 feet more or less with Venters northern property line to the A.W. Ange Heirs southwest property corner.
99. Thence, in a northerly direction 650 feet more or less with the A.W. Ange Heirs western property line to the northern line of County Road Number 1122.
100. Thence, with the north line of County Road 1122 S 77°-46'-01" W, 500 feet more or less to an iron stake as shown on a map in Deed Book J48 page 689 entitled Proposed Annexation City of Ayden.
101. Thence, with the line of Tract 4 of the J.S. Hart Division N 37°-44'-41" W, 779.263 feet to an iron found.
102. Thence, N 37°-49'-34" W, 170.000 feet to the northwest corner of proposed Section 3 of the North Hills Subdivision.
103. Thence, along the line of the proposed subdivision N 32°-10'-26" E, 560.000 feet to a corner.
104. Thence, S 57°-49'-34" E, 150.000 feet to North Hills Drive.
105. Thence, N 32°-10'-26" E, 163.895 feet to a point of curve.
106. Thence, along a curve whose chord bears N 89°-36'-43" E, 184.417 feet to a point of tangency.
107. Thence, N 59°-47'-15" E, 265 feet more or less to a point in the line of Tract 5A, J.S. Hart Division.
108. Thence, S 53°-33' E with said Hart Division line 210 feet more or less to an iron stake in an old fence.
109. Thence, N 05°-55' E, 400 feet to a concrete monument, said monument being the northwest corner of the Free Will Baptist Press lot.
110. Thence, S 74°-18' E, 1241.12 feet with the Free Will Baptist Press northern line extended to a monument in the western right-of-way line of the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad.
111. Thence, with the western line of said right-of-way S 06°-23' W, 980 feet more or less to the northern property line of County Road Number 1122.
112. Thence, in an easterly direction with the northern property line of County Road Number 1122 crossing said railroad right-of-way to a point in the eastern line of the railroad right-of-way.
113. Thence, with the eastern right-of- way of Seaboard Coast Line Railroad N 07°-38'-57" E, 294.000 feet to a point.
114. Thence, continuing with the railroad right-of-way N 07°-38'-57" E, 417.433 feet to a point in a ditch.
Thence, with the Hart property and a ditch the calls 112 through 116 following:
115. S 42°-25'-11" E, 30.334 feet;
116. S 31°-51'-40" E, 55.684 feet;
117. S 24°-09'-03" E, 54.689 feet;
118. S 16°-56'-37" E, 49.721 feet;
119. S 43°-40'-36" E, 55.696 feet to a point in the ditch, a Hart corner.
120. Thence, leaving the ditch and continuing with the Hart line S 08°-01'-09" W, 220.970 feet to a point.
121. Thence, with the Hart line continued, S 07°-38'-57" W, 294.000 feet to the northern right-of-way to County Road 1122 (Hines Drive).
122. Thence, with the north line of County Road 1122 in an easterly direction 1100 feet more or less to the east line extended of East College Street.
123. Thence, crossing County Road 1122 and southerly with east line of East College Street 850 feet more or less to the northwest corner of the Myrtle Cayton and Hazel Dail farm house lot.
124. Thence, N 81°-50' E, 95.34 feet along the edge of a field to a corner.
125. Thence, S 08°-10' E, 137.15 feet along the edge of a field to a point in the north line of Strawberry Banks Subdivision as recorded in Map Book 20 page 140.
126. Thence, with the north line of Strawberry Banks Subdivision 619.l feet to the west line of County Road 1719.
127. Thence, with the west line of County Road 1719 S 18°-02' W, 500 feet more or less to the north line of Hill Road Circle extended.
128. Thence, crossing County Road 1719 and with the north line of Hill Road Circle extended 60 feet to a point in the east line of County Road 1719 at the southwest corner of the Wilbur Hill lot.
129. Thence, N 15°-46' E, 125 feet with County Road 1719 to a point.
130. Thence, S 74°-01' E, 250 feet with Wilbur Hill's north line to an iron at the northwest corner of Lot 1 Strawberry Banks Subdivision section 2.
131. Thence, S 74°-01' E with the north line of Strawberry Banks 990 feet to the northeast corner of Lot 8.
132. Thence, S 74°-01' E, 730 feet to the northeast corner of Strawberry Banks, Section 3, a point in the line of the BVA Credit Corporation property.
Thence, with the western property line of the BVA Credit Corporation property the calls 130 through 133 following:
133. S 23°-03' W, 147.05 feet;
134. S 12°-33' W, 162.56 feet;
135. S 17°-19' W, 227.40 feet;
136. S 27°-27' W, 56.43 feet to a point in the C.R. Carmichael property line.
137. Thence, with the C.R. Carmichael property line, N 64°-08' W, 780.24 feet to a point, the southwestern property corner of Lot 24, Strawberry Banks, Section 2.
138. Thence, N 64°-08' W, 1000.23 feet with the south line of Strawberry Banks and crossing County Road 1719 to a point in the west line of County Road 1719.
Thence, with the west line of County Road 1719 (Sunny Lane) the following courses and distances:
139. S 18°-02' W, 200 feet more or less to a point of curve;
140. Thence, along a curve whose chord bears S 46°-10' W, 88.16 feet to a point of tangency;
141. Thence, S 74°-19' W, 82.78 feet to an iron, a common corner between Tony Dail and the Pentecostal Holiness Church;
142. Thence, S 74°-19' W, 168.12 feet to the east line of College Street.
143. Thence, with the eastern property line of East College Street in a southerly direction 750 feet more or less to where the eastern extension of the southern property line of J.D. Cannon intersects the eastern property line of East College Street.
144. Thence, in an easterly direction with the eastern extension of the southern property line of J.D. Cannon 150 feet to a corner in the property of Mrs. Lucy Worthington.
145. Thence, southerly along a line 150 feet east of the eastern property line of East College Street and parallel thereto to the W.H. Craft line.
146. Thence, with the W.H. Craft line S 84°-44'-00" E, 585.02 feet to a point.
147. Thence, N 88°-38'-30" E, 113.40 feet to an iron pipe in the western right- of-way line of Hunting Ridge Road, a corner.
148. Thence, leaving the right-of-way, S 82°-06' E, 190.00 feet to an iron pipe.
149. Thence, N 09°-25' E, 158.00 feet to an iron pipe.
150. Thence, N 75°-21' E, 102.41 feet to an iron pipe.
151. Thence, S 86°-37' E, 83.83 feet to an iron pipe.
152. Thence, S 67°-32' E, 47.61 feet to an iron pipe.
153. Thence, S 49°-25' E, 116.28 feet to an iron pipe.
154. Thence, S 25°-39' E, 58.75 feet to an iron pipe.
155. Thence, S 47°-14' E, 158.39 feet to an iron pipe.
156. Thence, S 74°-20' E, 186.07 feet to an iron pipe, a corner.
157. Thence, S 10°-45' W, 51.20 feet to an iron pipe.
158. Thence, S 07°-37' W, 184.37 feet to an iron pipe.
159. Thence, S 00°-47' E, 79.65 feet to an iron pipe in the northern property line of Lot 110, Deerfield Subdivision Section I, a corner.
160. Thence, S 03°-58' W, 70 feet to a point.
161. Thence, S 12°-48' W to a point, said point being located in the northeast right-of-way boundary of East Second Street.
162. Thence, with the north line of East Second Street 50 feet more or less to the north line of North Carolina 102, the point of beginning.
Also a small parcel of land not contiguous with the above described corporate limits of the Town of Ayden, and being the Town of Ayden electrical substation lot, more particularly described as follows:
Situate on the west side of North Carolina Highway 11 approximately 1 mile south of Ayden and BEGINNING at a point in center of a ditch dividing the lands of Chester B. Hart and the Frank Hart heirs, said point being in the western right-of- way line of said North Carolina Highway 11 and being N 15°-57' E, 1634 feet from the centerline of Secondary Road 1109; running thence from the Frank Hart heirs' northeast corner and continuing N 15°-57' E along the western line of said highway 246.05 feet to a corner; thence, N 74°-03' W at right angles to the said highway 430 feet to a corner; thence, S 15°-57' W and parallel with said highway 360.33 feet to center of the ditch and Frank Hart's heirs' northern line; thence, S 88°-56' E and along the Frank Hart heirs' northern line 444.93 feet to the BEGINNING, containing 2.993 acres more or less.
(Session Laws of 1965, Chapter 79 § 2.1; amended by Session Laws of 1967, Chapter 51; amended by Session Laws of 1969, Chapter 579)