Editing Havelock, North Carolina (section)

==History==
Havelock is one of eight cities in the world named after Sir [[Henry Havelock]], a British officer in [[India]], who distinguished himself in 1857 during what was known as the [[Indian Mutiny]]. The area was originally named "Havelock Station" in the late 1850s, when the [[Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad]] built a [[railroad station|depot]] where its right-of-way crossed what is now Miller Boulevard.

The town was the initial landing point for a [[American Civil War|Civil War]] battle known as the [[Battle of New Bern (1862)|Battle of New Bern]]. On March 11, 1862, Brigadier General [[Ambrose Burnside]]'s command embarked from [[Roanoke Island]] to rendezvous with [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] gunboats at [[Hatteras Inlet]] for an expedition against New Bern. On March 13, the fleet sailed up the [[Neuse River]], anchored at Slocum Creek, and disembarked infantry on the river's south bank. Elements of the [[Rhode Island]] Heavy Artillery came ashore near the present-day location of the Officers' Club on Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station and also near the Carolina Pines Golf and Country Club. After the capture of New Bern, the Federals transited Havelock on their way to the [[Battle of Fort Macon]]. Despite several [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] attempts to reclaim New Bern and the surrounding area, the Federals did not withdraw until after the end of the war. During one of the attempts, however, the Union-built blockhouse fort on Havelock's Slocom Creek was burned in 1864. A diorama model of the Civil War fort is on exhibit at the Havelock Tourist & Events Center along with other displays of Havelock and Cherry Point history.<ref>Edward Ellis, local historian. http://www.edwardellis.com/havelock-history/</ref>

Existing records indicate that the production of naval supplies including [[turpentine]] and [[tar]] were very important in the local economy during the 19th century. With the invention of the [[steam engine]], the demand for tar and turpentine slowly evaporated as fewer wooden ships were constructed. Many distillers of turpentine turned to the production of [[moonshine]] to make ends meet.<ref>In This Small Place: Amazing Tales of the First 300 Years of Havelock and Craven County, North Carolina. Edward Ellis, 2005</ref>

In 1940, Havelock became the home of [[Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point]]. MCAS Cherry Point's [[Fleet Readiness Center East]] employs many residents of the town. In 1959 the town was officially established.

Jimmy Sanders Sr.served as the mayor of the city from 1987 until the election of former city commissioner William L. Lewis, Jr. in 2013 by a vote of 624–319.<ref>[http://www.newbernsj.com/news/local/lewis-defeats-sanders-to-become-havelock-mayor-1.230517?page=0 newbernsj.com]</ref>

A park in Havelock is named after Rep. [[Walter B. Jones, Jr.]]