The corporate boundaries of the Town of Swansboro until changed in accordance with laws, shall be and include the following areas:
Beginning at the mouth of a small creek emptying into White Oak River just North of the Swansboro School property, being the beginning point of the old corporate boundary, and running thence up and with said small creek with its various courses to the “Frog Pond,” being the Frog Pond mentioned in the old incorporation act, at the southwest side of the old Swansboro-Jacksonville (dirt) highway, being the prolongation or extension of Main Street; thence with the West side of said old highway to Wise's Branch; thence with Wise's Branch southwestwardly with its various courses, to N.C. Highway 24, and continuing under and beyond said highway to the point where said Wise's Branch flows into Hawkin's Creek; thence with the various courses of Hawkin's Creek to the U.S. Inland Waterway; thence southeastwardly with the North side of said Inland Waterway to Beacon No. 46-A on said Inland Waterway in line with the prolongation or extension of Front Street; thence continuing on with the North side of said U.S. Inland Waterway to the dividing line between Onslow and Carteret Counties; thence northeastwardly with said dividing line between the two said counties to a point due southeast of the chimney top of the Swansboro School heating plant; thence from said point a straight course to the point of the beginning.
Beginning at a point in the center line of N.C. Highway 24 at a point where Wise's Branch crosses said Highway; said point also being in the present corporate limit line; thence with the run of Wise's Branch and the present corporate limit line the following courses: South 63 degrees 59 minutes East 349.81 feet; South 14 degrees 41 minutes West 315.25 feet; South 16 degrees 59 minutes East 477.1 feet; South 29 degrees 35 minutes East 52.7 feet and South 12 degrees 30 minutes East 113.0 feet to a point at the head of Hawkin's Creek; thence with the edge of the marsh South 25 degrees 30 minutes West 79.0 feet; South 60 degrees 35 minutes West 111.0 feet and North 68 degrees 25 minutes West 145.0 to J.R. Freshwater's corner in Hatchell's line; then with the Hatchell and Ward Heirs line North 39 degrees 29 minutes West 231.51 feet to a point; thence North 41 degrees 02 minutes West 137.2 feet to a point; thence South 56 degrees 01 minutes West 150.0 feet to a point; thence North 41 degrees 02 minutes West 100.0 feet to a point; thence South 56 degrees 01 minutes West 376.88 feet to a concrete monument in the Easterly right-of-way line of State Road No. 1513; said monument being located 1,207-08 feet from the Southerly right-of-way line of State Road No. 1512 (Hammocks Road) when measured along the Easterly right-of-way line of State Road No. 1513 in a Southerly direction; thence South 62 degrees 27 minutes West 60.0 feet to a point in the Westerly right-of-way line of State Road No. 1513; thence with the Westerly right-of-way line of State Road No. 1513 North 27 degrees 33 minutes West 1,207-08 feet to the point of intersection with the Southerly right-of-way line of State Road No. 1512; thence with the Southerly right-of-way line of State Road No. 1512 South 59 degrees 30 minutes West 952.0 feet; thence crossing State Road No. 1512 and with Glancy's line North 16 degrees 10 minutes West 1,943.65 feet to a point in the center of Hall's Branch; thence up Hall's Branch in a Northeasterly direction 250.98 feet to the Meadows corner; thence with Meadows and Phillips line South 20 degrees 33 minutes East 185.61 feet to Parrish corner; thence with the Parrish and Meadows line North 51 degrees 10 minutes East 418.8 feet to a point; thence North 40 degrees 55 minutes East 311.0 feet to a point in the Southerly right-of-way line of N.C. Highway 24 South 55 degrees 11 minutes East 230.0 feet to a concrete monument in the Ward Heir line; thence 72 degrees 54 minutes East 63.52 feet to a tack in the center line of N.C. Highway 24; thence North 76 degrees 26 minutes East 66-76 feet to a concrete monument in the Northerly right-of-way line of N.C. Highway 24, said monument also being the Ward Heirs line: thence with the Ward Heirs line North 76 degrees 25 minutes 50 seconds East 886.96 feet to an iron stake, Frank LeCraft's corner in Ward Heirs line; thence North 27 degrees 58 minutes East 256.96 feet to a concrete monument in the Southerly right-of-way line of State Road No. 1447; thence with the right-of-way of State Road No. 1447 South 69 degrees 43 minutes East 619-36 feet to a concrete monument, Carney's Corner; thence with Carney's and Ward Heirs line south 30 degrees 55 minutes 30 seconds East 953.24 feet to a concrete monument in the Northerly right-of-way line of State Road No. 1512; thence crossing State Road No. 1512 South 30 degrees 55 minutes 30 seconds East 60.0 feet to a concrete monument in the Southerly right-of-way of State Road No. 1512, thence with Ward Heirs and Catholic Church line South 35 degrees 14 minutes East 994.34 feet to a concrete monument in Wise's Branch; said monument being a point in the present corporate limits line; thence with Wise's Branch and present corporate limits line South 50 degrees 38 minutes West 131-30 feet to a point; thence South 69 degrees 14 minutes West 290.0 feet to a tack in the center line of N.C. Highway 24, the point of beginning.