Editing Beulaville, North Carolina (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Duplin-county-nc-tobacco-barn-1040875.jpg|thumb|Roadside tobacco barn near Sarecta]]
[[File:NationalSpinning.jpg|thumb|National Spinning, Beulaville location, which is no longer in business]]
The manufacture of [[naval stores]] and lumbering were the first marketable enterprises for the families inhabiting what is now Limestone Creek Township. These commodities were ferried down the Northeast Cape Fear River (which, in the early nineteenth century, had been made navigable) to [[Wilmington, North Carolina|Wilmington]]. As demand for naval stores fell, however, the cultivation of corn and, most importantly, [[tobacco]] moved to the forefront. As many of the small-scale tobacco growers dropped out of the market due to [[Tobacco Buyout|tobacco buyouts]], an economic stimulus was needed; it came in the form of hogs. Agriculture is still the economic lifeline of Beulaville (Duplin now boasts the second highest hog-to-human ratio in the country),<ref name="umich student hog study">{{Cite web| url=http://www.umich.edu/~snre492/statter.html| title=Environmental Justice Case Study: Hog Farming in North Carolina| publisher=University of Michigan students| accessdate=November 30, 2015}}</ref> though service industries and manufacturing jobs are gradually supplanting this tradition. [[Viticulture]] has noticeably increased throughout the area over the past decade as well. The [[Global TransPark|North Carolina Global TransPark]], a {{convert|2500|acre|adj=on}} multi-modal industrial air terminal, is located {{convert|30|mi}} to the north in Kinston and is a perk for industry to locate to the area. Beulaville has also benefited from its proximity to [[Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune]] {{convert|35|mi}} to the southeast in both traffic volume on NC 24 en route to [[Interstate 40 in North Carolina|Interstate 40]] and in job opportunities for citizens.

===Notable nearby employers===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Company
! Industry
! Employment (countywide)
|-
| Butterball, LLC
| Manufacturing
| 1000+
|-
| [[Smithfield Foods]], Inc
| Manufacturing
| 1000+
|-
| Duplin County Schools
| Education
| 1000+
|-
| House of Raeford, Inc
| Manufacturing
| 1000+
|-
| Guilford Mills, Inc
| Manufacturing
| 500-999
|-
| County of Duplin
| Public Admin
|  500-999
|-
| Murphy Family Ven.
| Natural Res.
| 500-999
|-
| James Sprunt CC
| Education 
| 250-499
|- 
|Eastpointe Human Services
|Managed Care Organization
| 100-249
|-
| Goshen Medical
| Health Svc.
| 100-249
|-
| Superior Metal Structures & Concrete, LLC
| Manufacturing 
| 10-15
|-
| Precision Hydraulic
| Manufacturing 
| 100-249
|-
| McDonald's
| Hospitality 
| 50-99
|}