Sarecta

(North Carolina)

Sarecta was the first incorporated town in Duplin County, North Carolina, established in 1787. In 1736, Duplin County was the destination of several hundred Ulster Scots (Scotch-Irish) and a handful of Swiss Protestants. They settled on a plot of land, 71,160 acres between the N. E. Cape Fear River and Black River, obtained from the Crown by Henry McCulloh Esq. of London. Sarecta, originally called Sorcata, was the first settlement in the region on the Northeast Cape Fear.