Biohazard Cleanup Near North Weldon Weldon, NC

Weldon is a town in Halifax County, North Carolina, on the Roanoke River just below the fall line, about eight miles south of the Virginia border.

In 1752 Daniel Weldon purchased 1,273 acres on the Roanoke River; his plantation, Weldon's Landing, became the westernmost point of navigation on the river.

The Roanoke Canal was completed in 1823 to bypass the rapids near Weldon, dropping 85 feet over a nine-mile stretch, and its towpath is now the Roanoke Canal Trail.

Weldon was the first railroad hub in the American South, where five different railroads eventually met.

When the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad was completed to Weldon in 1840, at 161.5 miles it was the longest railroad in the world, and during the Civil War it became known as the lifeline of the Confederacy.

The town of Weldon was incorporated in 1843, a decade after the first railroad reached the area.

Weldon's 1912 Union Station was one of the few stations in the Southeast jointly owned and operated by two rival railroads, the Atlantic Coast Line and the Seaboard Air Line, and it had a unique two-level design.

The 2020 census counted 1,444 people in Weldon, down from the town's railroad-era heyday.

Weldon calls itself the Rockfish Capital of the World, after the striped bass (locally called rockfish) that draw anglers during the May spawning run on the Roanoke River.

Grace Episcopal Church and the Weldon Historic District are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.