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rises in S Duplin County and flows S into Island Creek.

community in N Madison County on Martin Creek. In the days when stock was driven to market, a drover's station or stand was operated there by a man named Allen. Since 1897 site of Allanstand Cottage Industries, handicraft shop est. by Frances Goodrich.

rises in W Clay County and flows SW into Hiwassee River.

was formed in 1859 from Ashe County. In the NW part of the state, it is bounded by the state of Virginia and by Surry, Wilkes, and Ashe Counties. The name is a corruption of the Delaware Indian name for the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers and is said to have meant "a fine stream." Area: 230 sq. mi. County seat: Sparta, with an elevation of 2,939 ft. Townships are Cherry Lane, Cranberry, Gap Civil, Glade Creek, Piney Creek, Prathers Creek, and Whitehead. Produces corn, barley, apples, hay, pipes, turkeys, Christmas trees, Irish potatoes, dairy products, livestock, textiles, apparel, and crushed stone. There are manganese and granite deposits in the county.

S Davidson County.

community N Madison County on Shelton Laurel Creek.

See Appalachian Mountains.

See Alamance.

community in NE Mecklenburg County.

See Bill Allen Branch.