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Miss Creekrises in SE Polk County and flows NE into Whiteoak Creek.
Missioncommunity in E Cherokee County near the mouth of Calhoun Creek.
Missioncommunity in W Stanly County. Named for a local church.
Mission Branchrises in E Cherokee County and flows SW into Hiwassee River.
Mission MountainE Cherokee County, extends NE from the headwaters of Suddereth Branch to the mouth of Moody Branch.
Mistletoe Creekrises in N Cherokee County and flows SW into Tellicoe River.
Mitchellcommunity in S Carteret County on Bogue Sound near the mouth of Spooners Creek.
Mitchell Branchrises in NW Beaufort County and flows SW into Tranters Creek.
Mitchell Branchrises in central Yancey County and flows SE into Little Crabtree Creek.
Mitchell Countywas formed in 1861 from Yancey, Watauga, Caldwell, Burke, and McDowell Counties. Located in the W section of the state, it is bounded by the state of Tennessee and by Avery, McDowell, and Yancey Counties. It was named for Elisha Mitchell (1793-1857), professor at the University of North Carolina who was killed while exploring the peak that now bears his name—the highest point E of the Mississippi. Area: 220 sq. mi. County seat: Bakersville, with an elevation of 2,550 ft. Townships are Bakersville, Bradshaw, Cane Creek, Fork Mountain, Grassy Creek, Harrell, Little Rock Creek, Poplar, Red Hill, and Snow Creek. Produces tobacco, Christmas trees, apples, corn, hay, dairy products, livestock, textiles, apparel, hosiery, lumber, mica, gypsum, feldspar, kaolin, and quartz.