Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Paint Fork Gap |
N Buncombe County near the headwaters of Paint Fork. |
| Paint Gap |
on the Madison-Yancey county line. |
| Paint Hill |
SE Moore County. Indians made red paint from stones found at the site, hence the name. Alt. 640. |
| Paint Mountain |
SW Swain County between Big Creek and Right Fork [Wesser Creek]. |
| Paint Rock |
community in W Madison County on French Broad River. Inc. 1891; charter repealed 1895. Early landmark, site of a blockhouse to protect settlers from Indians, 1793. Figures on a rock cliff there appeared to early settlers to be paintings. Appears as Painted Rock on the Price map, 1808. Alt. 1,265. |
| Painted Rock |
See Paint Rock. |
| Painter |
See Cullowhee. |
| Painter Branch |
rises in E Cherokee County and flows NW into Peachtree Creek. |
| Painter Knob |
N Cleveland County. Alt. 2,323. |
| Painter Swamp |
rises in W Hertford County and flows SE into Potecasi Creek. |