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Place	Description
Moravian Falls	S Wilkes County on Moravian Creek. Water falls from 30 to 35 ft. over broad, steep rock between wooded hills. Named because of its discovery by Moravian surveyors in 1752. Fishing, swimming, and picnicking.
Moravian Falls	community in S Wilkes County between Moravian and Cub Creeks. Alt. 1,206. Est. in the late eighteenth century and named for the nearby waterfall.
Moravian Falls Township	S Wilkes County.
Morehead	See Rudd.
Morehead Bluffs	See Edgewater.
Morehead City	town in S central Carteret County on Bogue Sound and Newport River. Summer resort and the only deep-sea port in the state N of Wilmington; state port facilities are there. Inc. 1861 and named for John Motley Morehead (1796-1866), governor of North Carolina, who had bought land there in 1853 as the terminus of a newly inc. railroad. Ships are built there; produces asphalt and apparel. The site was formerly known as Shepherds’ Point, which see. Alt. 16.
Morehead Township	S Carteret County. Known for a time as township no. 2.
Morehead Township	central Guilford County. Named for Governor John Motley Morehead (1796-1866) of Greensboro. Covers most of the W half of Greensboro.
Moretz	community in NE Watauga County on Meat Camp Creek. A post office operated there, 1849-1910.
Morgan Bay	in central Onslow County in New River.