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Place Description
Nicks Creek

rises in S McDowell County and flows NE into Catawba River.

Nicks Knob

S Cherokee County near the headwaters of Moccasin Creek.

Nigger Skull Mountain

W Haywood County on the head of East Fork. In 2003 state legislature directed county to rename mountain.

Nigh Inlet

a point of land on Ocracoke Island about 3½ mi. from the S end of the island, SE Hyde County. The inlet may be the site of Port Grenvil, which see, shown on the White map, 1590, but long closed.

Nikwasi

See Franklin.

Nile

community in N Alleghany County served by post office, 1898-1915.

Nimrod

community in SW Mecklenburg County served by post office, 1891-1902. Was on the W side of the Charlotte, Columbia, and Augusta Railroad. Site is now the Yorkmont area of Charlotte.

Nims

formerly a community in E Gaston County but now a part of the town of Mount Holly, which see.

Nin Ridge

NW Cherokee County in the Unicoi Mountains, is bounded on four sides by Bryson Lead, Groundhog Ridge, Copper Ridge, and Chestnut Orchard Ridge.

Nina

community in NE Cherokee County served by post office, 1880-1911.