Editing Wilson, North Carolina (section)

== History ==
[[File:Wilson, North Carolina (1908).jpg|thumb|left|Nash Street in Wilson, 1908]]
[[File:North Carolina - Wilson - NARA - 68146547 (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|Aerial view of Wilson in 1925]]
The history of the city of Wilson began with a community that formed around Toisnot Primitive Baptist Church, built in the early 1800s. The community was originally called Toisnot. In 1836, the Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad Co. began building a Wilmington-to-Weldon line. The railway reached the community in 1839, and by 1840, Toisnot had both north-and-south service, which stimulated growth of the community.

The [[North Carolina General Assembly]] chartered the Town of Wilson. It was named for state senator {{nowrap|[[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]] [[Louis Dicken Wilson|Louis D. Wilson]]}}, [[United States Volunteers|U.S. Volunteers]]. He died of fever while on [[leave of absence|leave]] from the [[North Carolina Senate|state senate]] during the [[Mexican–American War]] of 1848.<ref>{{cite book |last=Lichtenstein |first=Gaston |date=1911 |title=Louis D. Wilson, Mexican War Martyr, also, Thos. H. Hall, Andrew Johnson as he Really was, and, Our Town Common; Four Articles |url=https://archive.org/stream/louisdwilsonmexi00lichrich#page/6/mode/2up |location=Richmond, Va. |publisher=H. T. Ezekiel |page=7 |oclc=1127629 |ol=14021029M}}</ref> Messrs. Joshua Barnes, John W. Farmer, James D. Barnes, Dylan Dieterle, Jonathan D. Rountree, and Arthur Farmer were named as the first town commissioners.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wilsonnc.org/departments/developmentservices/historicpreservation/wilsonshistory/formationofthetown/ |title=City of Wilson, North Carolina :: Formation of the Town of Wilson |access-date=May 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506164526/http://www.wilsonnc.org/departments/developmentservices/historicpreservation/wilsonshistory/formationofthetown/ |archive-date=May 6, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The [[Gen. Joshua Barnes House]], [[Branch Banking (Wilson, North Carolina)|Branch Banking]], [[Broad–Kenan Streets Historic District]], [[Cherry Hotel]], [[Davis-Whitehead-Harriss House]], [[East Wilson Historic District]], [[Old Wilson Historic District]], [[Joseph John Pender House]], [[Moses Rountree House]], [[Upper Town Creek Rural Historic District]], [[West Nash Street Historic District]], [[Olzie Whitehead Williams House]], [[Wilson Central Business-Tobacco Warehouse Historic District]], [[Wilson County Courthouse (Wilson, North Carolina)|Wilson County Courthouse]], and [[Woodard Family Rural Historic District]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>