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Place | Description |
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Falling Creek | rises in E Richmond County and flows W into Hitchcock Creek. |
Falling Creek | rises in SW Greene County and flows SE across Lenoir County into Neuse River. Appears in local records as early as 1730-35. |
Falling Creek | rises in NW Catawba County and flows NE into Catawba River. |
Falling Creek Township | central Lenoir County. |
Falling Hollow | SW Watauga County on the head of Watauga River. |
Falling Rock Creek | rises in W Haywood County, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, near lat. 35°36'56" N., long. 83°10'40" W. Flows NE to join Beech Creek in forming Palmer Creek. Named when an overhanging rock cliff on a stream where hunters, fishermen, and others camped fell after being heated by a big campfire. One person was killed and others were injured. |
Falling Run | See Deep Creek. |
Falling Water Branch | rises in S Yancey County and flows W into Cane River. |
Falls | community in N Wake County on Neuse River. See also Falls of the Neuse. |
Falls Branch | rises in E Macon County and flows S into North Prong Ellijay Creek. |