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Southport is a city in Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States, near the mouth of the Cape Fear River. It is part of the Wilmington, NC metropolitan area. Its population was 2,833 as of the 2010 census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Southport city, North Carolina )〕 While the town is relatively small, it receives many visitors and tourists. Southport has been a popular filming location for television and movies, including film adaptations of the works of novelist Nicholas Sparks. The town can be seen in the television series ''Dawson's Creek'', ''Under the Dome'', Revenge, and ''Matlock'', and in numerous movies, including ''I Know What You Did Last Summer'', ''Summer Catch'', ''Domestic Disturbance'', ''Crimes of the Heart'', ''Nights in Rodanthe'', ''A Walk to Remember'' and ''Safe Haven''. Southport is the location of the North Carolina Fourth of July Festival -- a large scale affair -- which attracts 40,000 to 50,000 visitors annually to enjoy the many things that are available; venders from around the country, crafts, wondrous fireworks, etc. One additional fact about the popular vacationing site, is that what is usually represented of the town, is only a small part of southport, known to the locals residing there as "Old Southport", with its many historical houses and buildings. The rest of Southport, however, is practically the same as any other small town with the usual ammenties; chain restaurants, grocery stores, banks, medical care buildings, and drugstores. ==History== The Southport area was explored as early as the 1500s by Spanish explorers. During the 18th century, British settlements along the Carolina coast lacked fortifications to protect against pirates and privateers, and numerous Spanish attackers exploited this weakness. In response to these attacks, Governor Gabriel Johnston in 1744 appointed a committee to select the best location to construct a fort for the defense of the Cape Fear River region. It was determined that the fort should be constructed at a site at the mouth of the Cape Fear River. During the same year, France declared war against Britain, later known as King George's War, increasing the fort's need. Further, increasingly bold Spanish privateer raids led the North Carolina General Assembly to authorize the construction of "Johnston's Fort" in April 1745, which would come to be known as Fort Johnston. The governor of South Carolina agreed to lend ten small cannons for the fort, and the legislature, in spring 1748, appropriated 2,000 pounds for construction costs, and construction finally began. Southport developed around Fort Johnston. Southport was founded as the town of Smithville in 1792.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History of Southport )〕 Joshua Potts had requested the formation of a town adjacent to Fort Johnston, and the North Carolina General Assembly formed a commission of five men to administer its founding. The town was named after Benjamin Smith, a colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War and later governor of North Carolina.〔 Smithville grew as a fishing village and through supporting military activity. Smithville was the county seat of Brunswick County from 1808 to 1887.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=A History of Bolivia, North Carolina )〕 In an effort to promote the town as a major shipping port, Smithville was renamed Southport in 1887.〔 Smithville Township, in which Southport lies, and other local landmarks, such as the cemetery, retain the Smithville name. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Southport, North Carolina」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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