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East Laurinburgtown in S Scotland County. Inc. 1903 as Scotland Village; name changed, 1909.
East Lumbertonformer town in E central Robeson County. Inc. 1901. Charter repealed 1953. Now a part of Lumberton. Was a mill-owned village until 1950, when houses were sold to individuals.
East Mayo MountainSee Baughn Mountain.
East Mingo Branchrises in SW Johnston County and flows S to join Black River in forming South River on the Cumberland-Sampson county line. For a part of its course, it forms the boundary between Johnston and Harnett Counties and between Harnett and Sampson Counties. Sometimes known as Mingo Swamp. Appears as Black Mingo on the Collet map, 1770. Mingo was an Indian word for a treacherous person. It was also frequently used as a slave name, appearing as such as early as 1680 in Albemarle County. See also Black Creek Swamp.
East Monbonow covered by waters of Lake Norman but formerly a community on the Catawba River in W Iredell County. A cotton mill was est. there in the late nineteenth century and named Mont Beau (beautiful mountain) by its owners. The natives soon corrupted the name to Monbo and, since it was on the E side of the river, it became East Monbo (there being another mill on the W side of the river in Catawba County). East Monbo was long a popular picnic and swimming site.
East Nelson Creekrises in NE Cherokee County and flows SE into Valley River.
East Prongrises in W Carteret County and flows SW into Sanders Creek.
East Prongrises in central Burke County and flows W into Sandy Run Creek.
East Prong Cub Creekrises in S Wilkes County and flows NW into Cub Creek at the E outskirts of Wilkesboro. Originally known as Little Cub Creek.
East Prong Deep Riverrises in W Guilford County and flows SE into Deep River.