The town of Wallace was first known as Duplin Roads and was incorporated
as such in 1873. Later, the town fathers decided to adopt a new name to honor
Stephen D Wallace, an official of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, which at the
time was the life-blood of the community. In 1899 the town was reincorporated 
as Wallace.







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