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Buck Runrises in NE Duplin County and flows SW into Northeast Cape Fear River.
Buck Shoalon French Broad River in N Henderson County. Named because deer formerly fed on moss growing there. Bill Nye (1850-96), American humorist, lived there from about 1880 until his death.
Buck Shoalscommunity in SW Yadkin County on North Hunting Creek. Named for the herds of deer that once gathered in the shoals of the creek.
Buck Shoals TownshipSW Yadkin County.
Buck SpringE Haywood County, springs forming in part the headwaters of Pisgah Creek.
Buck SpringNE Warren County between Hub-quarter Creek and Stonehouse Creek. Formerly the plantation of Nathaniel Macon (1758-1837), member of Congress (1791-1828) and speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives; he is buried there. House burned by vandals, 1977, and reconstructed. Post office operated there from 1901 to 1905. Site owned and maintained by Warren County.
Buck Spring Gapon the Haywood-Transylvania county line on Pisgah Ridge just S of Little Pisgah Mountain at the head of Pisgah Creek. Alt. 4,980.
Buck Swamprises in S Wayne County and flows NW into Thoroughfare Swamp.
Buck Swamp TownshipNW Wayne County.
Buck Water CreekSee Buck Quarter Creek.