Yamacraw is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

Pender County, North Carolina Pender County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 60,203. Its county seat is Burgaw. Pender County is part of the Wilmington, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The cou ...

, United States.

In popular culture

Yamacraw is the birthplace of the character Philip Banks on the television series ''

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'' is an American television sitcom created by Andy and Susan Borowitz that aired on NBC from September 10, 1990, to May 20, 1996. The series stars Will Smith as a fictionalized version of himself, a street-smart ...

''. In the 2022 reboot, it is the character's birthplace and fraternity nickname.

References

* Unincorporated communities in Pender County, North Carolina Unincorporated communities in North Carolina {{PenderCountyNC-geo-stub