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Fontenaformerly the plantation of the Baker family, located between Little Fishing Creek and Reedy Creek near the community of Grove Hill, S Warren County. The plantation house, no longer standing, was built in 1790 by Judge Blake Baker, attorney general of North Carolina in 1794. In 1816 the library at Fontena was described as the finest in the state.
Fonvillecommunity in S Harnett County.
Footsvillecommunity in S Yadkin County near South Deep Creek. Known first as Footville.
Forbescommunity in W Mitchell County on Toe River. Alt. 2,185.
Forbes BayE Pasquotank County between Cottage Point and Cobb Point on the Pasquotank River.
Forbes Millpondcentral Pitt County on Greens Mill Run.
Forbushcommunity in central Yadkin County on Logan Creek.
Forbush Creekrises in N Yadkin County and flows SE into Logan Creek.
Forbush TownshipSE Yadkin County.
Ford Creekrises in SE Granville County and flows NE into W Franklin County, where it enters Tar River.