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Woodington TownshipSE Lenoir County.
Woodlandtown in E Northampton County. Alt. 72. Inc. 1883. Settled about 1835. Named for the Wood family, early Quaker settlers. Produces lumber. See also George.
Woodlawncommunity in NW McDowell County in Turkey Cove and on Limekiln Creek. Site of Cathey's Fort, a rendezvous point for the state militia led by Gen. Griffith Rutherford against the Cherokee Indians in 1776.
WoodlawnSee Mount Holly.
Woodleaftown in N Rowan County. Inc. 1909, but long inactive in municipal affairs. A post office was est. there in 1855 with Daniel Wood as first postmaster. Alt. 711. A large gravel pit is worked there.
Woodleighcommunity on Knotts Island in NE Currituck County.
Woodleycommunity in NW Tyrrell County between Scuppernong River and the Tyrrell-Washington county line. Originated as a depot, but tracks and depot no longer in use.
Woodpin Creekrises in N Jackson County and flows SW into Scott Creek.
Woodpin Fallsin the headwaters of Woodpin Creek in N Jackson County.
Woodrowcommunity in S Haywood County. Alt. 2,700. Named for President Woodrow Wilson.