in the Blue Ridge Mountains on the Buncombe-McDowell county line at the W end of Youngs Ridge. Lat. 35°37'20" N., long. 82°16'20" W. One of the two gaps (the other being Hickory Nut Gap) through which early settlers and travelers from the E reached the Asheville plateau. See also Black Mountain Gap.

range of mountains in SE Buncombe County S of the community of Swannanoa and parallel to the Swannanoa River.

rises near Swannanoa Gap on the Buncombe-McDowell county line and flows W into French Broad River S of Asheville. Name is a corruption of Suwali-Nunna, the Cherokee word for "trail of the Suwali tribe."

E central Buncombe County.

on the Southern Railway, SE Buncombe County near Ridgecrest. Cut in 1879 at a cost of $600,000 and 120 lives, the tunnel marked the completion of a section of the railroad. An early use of nitroglycerine in engineering occurred there.

community in NW Alexander County.

See Swansboro.

town in SE Onslow County on White Oak River. Earlier names had been Bogue, Weeks Point, The Wharf, and New Town. Est. as Swannsborough in 1783; named for Samuel Swann (1704-72), who represented the county in the Assembly, 1739-62. Inc. in 1877 as Swansboro.

SE Onslow County.

W Cherokee County between an arm of Hiwassee River and Sular Creek.