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Weaselcommunity in NW Ashe County. Alt. 2,790.
Weatherman Baldon the Cherokee-Clay county line in the Valley River Mountains. Alt. 4,700. Known by the Indians as Kolasko
Weatherspoon Cooling Pondin E Robeson County at the junction of Lumber River and Jacob Swamp. Approx. 3 mi. SE of city of Lumberton. Formed in 1955 to cover 231 acres, with a max. depth of 5 ft.; shoreline is 4 mi. Named for W. Herbert Weatherspoon, longtime official of Carolina Power and Light Company. Used to cool steam condensers.
Weavercommunity in central Durham County.
Weaver Branchrises in NE Cherokee County and flows SW into Junaluska Creek.
Weaver Branchrises in NE Swain County and flows SE into Breedlove Branch.
Weaver Creekrises in E Chatham County and flows NW into Beaver Creek.
Weaver Creekrises in E Vance County and flows S into Southerlands Millpond on Sandy Creek.
Weaversfordcommunity in NE Ashe County. Alt. approx. 2,500.
Weavervilletown in N central Buncombe County. The site was referred to as Pine Cabbin in eighteenth-century records of the county and a little later as Salem Camp Ground. A post office est. there in 1850 was named Reems Creek and changed to Weaverville in 1873. Inc. 1875. Named for Rev. Montraville Weaver, who gave land and money in 1872 to est. Weaver College (closed in 1933). From 1919 until 1921, the town was named Elkwood. Alt. 2,300. Produces textiles.