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Wallace Branchrises in SE Union County and flows NE into Little Brown Creek.
Wallace ChannelNE Carteret County, a navigable lane in Ocracoke Inlet running NW and se. Appears by the name on the Price survey of Ocracoke Inlet, 1795. Named for David Wallace Jr., whose house on Portsmouth Island was used as a sighting point by pilots using the channel entering the Atlantic Ocean. Sometimes referred to as Beacon Island Road in the eighteenth century.
Wallace Creekrises in NE Alexander County and flows S in Greasy Creek. Probably named for Richard Wallace, pioneer Baptist minister.
Wallace Creekrises in NE Mecklenburg County and flows NE into Cabarrus County, where it enters Reedy Creek.
Wallace Creekrises in E Onslow County and flows SE into Morgan Bay. Named in local records as early as 1744 as Wallace's Creek.
Wallace GapSW Macon County between the head of Allison Creek and Nantahala River.
Wallace GapS Transylvania County between the head of Boring Creek and the head of West Prong [Glady Fork].
Wallace MountainNE Buncombe County near Walkertown.
Wallace's CreekSee Wallace Creek.
Wallburgcommunity in NE Davidson County served by post office, 1891-1946. Named for Sam W. Wall, state senator in 1895. Inc. 2004.