bald spot on the Swain County, N.C.-Sevier County, Tenn., line in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near lat. 35°33'48" N., long. 83°43'58" W. Alt. 4,886.

town in E Rowan County. Construction of shops for the Southern Railway was begun there in 1896. Inc. in 1901 and named for Samuel Spencer (1847-1906), president of Southern Railway. Whiteheads Mill appears on Grants Creek near present site of Spencer on the Collet map, 1770. Alt. 747. Home to North Carolina Transportation Museum, a State Historic Site.

E central Gaston County. Broadcast towers are there. Named for Zachariah Spencer, local Loyalist (Tory) who was captured during Revolutionary War, tried, and condemned to be shot. He turned "Whig," promising allegiance to the new republic; having no Bible, he took an oath on an almanac and was released. Alt. 1,304.

rises in NE Caldwell County and flows SW into Brumleys Creek.

community in NW Moore County served by post office, 1888-1907. Known as Spencer until 1897.

community in W Camden County; named for a pioneer family in the area and dates from about 1700.

See Balfours.

rises in N Granville County and flows NW into Grassy Creek.

rises in SW Watauga County and flows NE into Watauga River.

the valley through which Spice Cove Branch flows in N Buncombe County.