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Place Description
Nixonton Township

S Pasquotank County.

No Ache Bay

on the W shore of Hatteras Island in the waters of Pamlico Sound, S Dare County S of the community of Salvo.

No Ache Island

a small island in No Ache Bay on the W shore of Hatteras Island in the waters of Pamlico Sound, S Dare County.

No Business Creek

rises in NW Cleveland County and flows SW into First Broad River.

No Business Mountain

NW Cleveland County near the headwaters of Cox Creek. Said to be too rough to be surveyed. Local residents claim they have "no business" on it. Alt. 1,760.

No Creek

rises in S Davie County and flows S 4 mi. into Dutchmans Creek. It is said that an early settler bought land there, and the deed called for a creek. He complained that he found no creek on his land, but later, when he discovered one, it came to be called No Creek.

No Grease

riverside site in E central Hertford County on Chowan River approx. ¼ mi. N of Winton. A fishery there in the nineteenth century departed from custom when it kept no grease on hand, which meant that customers could not cook fish at the site.

No Honey Swamp

See Nahunta Swamp.

Noah Branch

rises in SE Buncombe County and flows SE into Rutherford County, where it enters Cedar Creek.

Noah's Mountain

in the Cane Creek Mountains, S Alamance County.