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Morton Creekrises in W Transylvania County and flows SE into South Fork Flat Creek.
Morton Townshipformer township in NW Alamance County, now township no. 4.
Mortons Storecommunity in N Alamance County served by post office, 1852-1906.
Morventown in SE Anson County. Inc. 1883. Post office est. there in 1823 and named for Morven, Scotland, home of the mother of Hugh McKenzie, first postmaster. Alt. 341.
Morven TownshipSE Anson County.
Moscowcommunity in NW Bladen County served by post office, 1892-1907.
Moseley CountyIn about 1907 an unsigned petition was presented to the General Assembly proposing that a county be created from portions of Lenoir, Wayne, and Greene Counties, with the county seat at LaGrange. It was to be named for William D. Moseley (1795-1863), who was born near LaGrange and who was governor of Florida, 1845-49. The General Assembly apparently never acted on the petition.
Moseley Creekrises in Great Dover Swamp, W Craven County, and flows NW into Neuse River. For a part of its course, it forms the Craven-Lenoir county line.
Moseley Creekrises in NW Lenoir County and flows SE into Falling Creek. Named for Matthew Moseley, who settled there about 1770.
Moseley HallSee LaGrange.