See Beaufort Inlet.

E Pender County. Barrier beach lying between Topsail Sound and the Atlantic Ocean. Approx. 8½ mi. long.

extends NE from Mason Inlet, NE New Hanover County, across Pender County to Stump Inlet on the Onslow-Pender county line. It is separated from the Atlantic Ocean by a barrier beach. The sound, about 17 mi. in length, is filled with tidal-marsh islands. Named for the fact that local residents watched from there for the appearance of topsails of approaching vessels.

SE Pender County.

community in W Gates County served by post office, 1901-10. Alt. 33. Settled about 1870.

community in NE Cherokee County. Alt. 2,599. Named because it is at the top of a pass, Red Marble Gap. It is located very near the junction of Cherokee, Graham, and Macon Counties, and residents of all three counties consider themselves citizens of the community.

a village of the Tuscarora Indians, appears on the Moseley map, 1733, at the head of Contentnea Creek in what is now W Wilson County. Many variant spellings include Tarhunta, Taughoutnith, Nahunta, Narhantes. Derives from Indian term meaning "it stays overnight."

cave beneath Moores Knob on Sauratown Mountain in Hanging Rock State Park, W Stokes County. Entrance 12 ft. high and 10 ft. wide; cave about 25 ft. deep. Said to have been occupied by a band of Tories during the Revolutionary War.

rises in N Mecklenburg County and flows W into McDowells Creek.

See Elizabethtown.