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Torhuntaa 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."
Tories Dencave 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.
Torrence Creekrises in N Mecklenburg County and flows W into McDowells Creek.
Tory HoleSee Elizabethtown.
TosneocSee Toisnot Swamp.
Tosnot DepotSee Wilson.
Totero Forkappears on the Moseley map, 1733, as being between Uwharrie and Caraway Creek in what is now W Randolph County. Named for Totero or Tutelo Indians, who lived in the foothills of the Blue Ridge in the seventeenth century but who subsequently migrated to E Virginia and later to Pennsylvania and elsewhere.
Totherrow Branchrises in NE Cherokee County and flows SW into Valley River.
Tottering BridgeW central Washington County over Skinner Canal near the community of Basnight. Known by the name as early as 1868.
Tough RidgeW Haywood County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a spur extending NW from Cataloochee Divide; center near lat. 35°35'05" N., long. 83°05'54" W., between Clontz Branch and McKee Branch.