Near Gloucester, a few miles down Sleepy Creek Road is the community of Marshallberg. Those living here have made their living fishing and boat building for generations. Lying on a peninsula between Sleepy Creek and Core Sound, this small settlement was known earlier as Deep Hole Point. During 1828-1834 earth for ramparts of Ft Macon was excavated from Sleepy Creek leaving a deep hole in the creek bed and giving Marshallberg its first name. In the 1800's a more suitable name was needed for a post office being established there. The residents chose Marshallberg in honor of Matt Marshall who ran the mailboat from Beaufort three times a week.