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Place	Description
Old Road Gap	on the Cherokee-Macon county line.
Old Road Ridge	N Mitchell County between Spring Creek and Greasy Creek.
Old Rock	See Shell Castle.
Old Rocky Mountain	E Macon County between the head of Ellijay Creek and the head of Little Salt Rock Creek. Alt. 4,825.
Old Salem	See Salem.
Old Shatter	See Axtell.
Old Sheep Knob	N Cleveland County. Alt. 1,497.
Old Skinnersville	See Skinnersville.
Old Sneedsborough	abandoned town in SE Anson County on Pee Dee River. Laid out in 1795 to be at the head of navigation on the Pee Dee River and named for Honora Sneyd, stepmother of Richard Lovell Edgeworth, founder of the town. Navigation was not developed sufficiently, and the town declined after about 30 years. Post office est. about 1803; closed 1883. Sneedsborough was famous for its inn. John J. McRae, governor of Mississippi (1854-58) and a member of U.S. and Confederate Congresses, was born there. See also McFarlan.
Old Sow, The	tidal-marsh island in Pamlico Sound off the SE tip of Goose Creek Island, NE Pamlico Sound.