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Eastwoodcommunity in S Moore County. Named for J. B. Eastwood, lumberman who est. a store there about 1912.
Eastwood LakeS Orange County in NE Chapel Hill. Formed in 1937 by a dam on Booker Creek. Approx. ¾ mi. long, covering 58 acres, with a max. depth of about 20 ft. Now the center of a residential area.
Easy Hillcommunity in NE Brunswick County.
Easy RidgeN Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a short spur extending NE from Noland Divide.
Easy Ridge GapS Swain County at the head of First Hurricane Branch.
Easy Streethistorically black community in N Sampson County. Said to have been named for the fact that it was easy to purchase illegal liquor there.
Eatmancommunity in S Nash County served by post office, 1890-1906.
Eaton IslandSee Baker Island.
Eatons Ferryin NE Warren County on Roanoke River, was privately owned and operated as early as 1770 and appeared on the Price map, 1808. It was purchased by the state in 1935 and operated until January 1962, when a bridge over Lake Gaston was opened.
Eaves Creekrises in N Franklin County and flows SE into Lynch Creek.