Editing Bolivia, North Carolina (section)

==History==
The town was settled by European Americans in the 1890s and was [[Municipal corporation|incorporated]] in 1911. One theory about the name is that many boxes being shipped from the area said "[[Bolivia]]", referring to the country in [[South America]], and the people liked that name.<ref name=Carolana/>

A post office called Bolivia has been in operation since 1892.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=NC&county=Brunswick | title=Brunswick County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=November 1, 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116185009/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=NC&county=Brunswick | archive-date=January 16, 2016 }}</ref> The town is named after [[Bolivia]], in South America.<ref name="Star-News">{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lNpOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oh4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=1970%2C5080622 | title=Bolivia | work=Star-News | date=May 24, 1998 | access-date=November 1, 2015 | pages=34}}</ref>  Bolivia was incorporated as a town in 1911.<ref name="Star-News" />

[[National Airlines Flight 2511]] blew up over Bolivia on January 6, 1960. The DC-6B was destroyed by an explosion of [[dynamite]].<ref name=AviationSafetyNetwork>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19600106-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-6B N8225H Bolivia, NC|access-date=April 16, 2012}}</ref>

When [[U.S. Route 17 in North Carolina|U.S. 17]] was widened to four lanes, a bypass was constructed around Bolivia; intended to improve traffic, the highway drew away visitors and retail customers, causing an economic decline in the town. In 1977, the county decided to move the county seat of [[Brunswick County, North Carolina|Brunswick County]] from [[Southport, North Carolina|Southport]] to Bolivia. Being a center of government operations stimulated other businesses and had helped Bolivia build its businesses.<ref name=Carolana>{{cite web| url=http://www.carolana.com/NC/Towns/Bolivia_NC.html| title=A History of Bolivia, North Carolina|accessdate=August 9, 2011}}</ref>