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The Elm City Experience

Read perspective articles and enjoy the nostalgia of small town southern life in Elm City, North Carolina.

Keep up on Elm City culture, news, history, and local events!

Julie Branstetter

Elm City's Forgotten Blues Man

John Henry “Guitar Shorty” Fortescue was born on January 24th, 1923 in Belhaven, NC. He lived just outside a small town known as Elm...

Julie Branstetter

A Little Background on Elm City

By Dan Mims with Daily Nutmeg February 18, 2022 New Haven, the Elm City, isn’t the Elm City so much as an Elm City. The 16,000 people...

Julie Branstetter

What I Love About Small Town Southern Living

Maybe I am a little different; a little odd. That's fine. I feel like an old person trapped in a young person’s body and I always have....