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Place Description
Skinnersville

community in N Washington County. Post office est. in 1808 with service until 1908. Name was changed to Leo. The site of the community having moved to the ne, the old site became known locally as Old Skinnersville.

Skinnersville Township

NE Washington County, was formed in 1868.

Skipper Branch

rises in S central Brunswick County and flows S into Shallotte Creek.

Skitty Creek

rises in E Macon County and flows S into Cullasaja River.

Skull Camp Mountain

NW Surry County. Alt. 2,082. A post office, Scull Camp, served the area, 1800-1856. The name appears on the U.S. Coast Survey map, 1865.

Skunk Creek

rises in central Lee County and flows NW into Big Buffalo Creek.

Sky View Pond

spring-fed lake in NE Iredell County. Formed in 1950; covers 38 acres, with a max. depth of 35 ft. Fishing, swimming, boating.

Skyco

former community and steamboat landing on the SW shore of Roanoke Island, E Dare County. It was on Ashby Harbor. Named for Skiko, son of the chief of the Choanoke Indians, who was taken prisoner by Ralph Lane in 1586. Skyco was a post office from 1892 until 1913.

Skyland

community in S Buncombe County. Alt. 2,257. Est. 1888 by Otis A. Miller as a resort. Produces electronic components.

Skyland Lake

S Buncombe County on Powell Creek, was formed in 1963 by Carolina Power and Light Company with the construction of an E dam and concrete spillway. It covers 320 acres, with a max. depth of 100 ft. and a shoreline of 9 mi. Used to condense turbine-exhaust steam at a steam power-generating plant and for public recreation.