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Crane Creekrises in S Cherokee County and flows SW into Nottely River.
Crane Creekrises in S Rowan County and flows NE into High Rock Lake (Yadkin River). Mentioned in local records as early as 1728. Appears on the Collet map, 1770, as Cane Creek, but as Crane Creek on the Price map, 1808. Crane Creek has three tributaries, all called Crane Creek; one of them, near Salisbury, is sometimes called Town Creek.
Crane Creekrises in S Sampson County and flows S into Six Runs Creek.
Crane Creekrises in S Wilkes County and flows NE into Rocky Creek.
Crane CreekSee Crains Creek. The stream in Lee and Moore Counties has been variously spelled Crane, Crane's, and Crains.
Crane IslandSee Campbell Island.
Crane Pondsa cluster of half a dozen small natural lakes in NW Onslow County. Apparently first named on Bache's U.S. Coast Survey map, 1865.
Crane(y) IslandSee Harkers Island.
Cranes IslandSee Eagles Island.
Cransford CoveW Macon County at the head of Wayah Creek.