Newkirk Mill Pond | on Ben's Creek in W Duplin County. Built by slave labor. |
Newland | town and county seat, central Avery County on Linville and North Toe Rivers. Site selected by commissioners for county seat. Inc. 1913. Named for William Calhoun Newland (1860-1938), lieutenant governor, 1909-13. Site had been early muster ground in campaign against Indians and before the Battle of Kings Mountain; called Old Fields of Toe, for Toe River. Alt. 3,589. Produces textiles. |
Newland Drainage Canal | in Newland Township in NW Pasquotank County, drains E into Pasquotank River. |
Newland Township | n Pasquotank County. |
Newlife | community in N Wilkes County near North Prong Roaring River. The former community of Ink is now a part of Newlife. |
Newlin Township | former township in S central Alamance County, now township no. 8. |
Newman | community in NW Warren County. A post office was located there, 1892-1906. |
Newmarket | town authorized in 1801 to be est. in Orange County at or near Woody's Ferry on Haw River. It was a project of the Deep and Haw River Company designed to improve river navigation, but apparently the town was never laid out. |
Newport | town in W Carteret County on Newport River. Inc. 1866. Alt. 20 ft. First known as Bells Corners, but Quakers from Rhode Island settled there and changed the name to Newport for the city in their native state. |
Newport | chartered 1789 to be county seat of Tyrrell County. On SW side of Scuppernong River at Back Landing. The town was never built. |