Eastover is Cumberland County’s newest municipality, incorporated by the North Carolina General Assembly on July 26, 2007. Eastover is a place where community spirit is a part of everyday life. A place where people proudly remember their heritage, live with a genuine concern for the neighbors, and unite purposefully to create for the future.

Eastover got its name “from its location on the east side and over the river. It was formerly called Flea Hill. There is a tradition that there was a tavern on the sandhill under which hogs and goats slept – hence the fleas.” (From John A. Oakes’ The Story of Fayetteville, The Story of Fayetteville and The Upper Cape Fear, 1950, Fayetteville, NC)