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Onitalooga LakeSee Ela Lake.
Onslow Bayin the Atlantic Ocean off the SE coast from Cape Fear on the S to Cape Lookout on the n.
Onslow BeachSE Onslow County between New River Inlet and Browns Inlet. Known earlier as Hurst Beach. Now a part of the Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Air Station and used for training for amphibious landings.
Onslow Countywas formed in 1734 from New Hanover County. Located in the SE section of the state, it is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean and by Pender, Duplin, Jones, and Carteret Counties. It was named for Arthur Onslow (1691-1768), member of Parliament and speaker of the House of Commons, 1728-61. Area: 806 sq. mi (756, land; 50, water). County seat: Jacksonville, with an elevation of 23 ft. Townships are Jacksonville, Richlands, Stump Sound, Swansboro, and White Oak. Produces tobacco, turkeys, cotton, corn, soybeans, hogs, livestock, lumber, apparel, marble, crushed limestone, sand, and gravel.
Onslow Court HouseSee Jacksonville.
Onvilcommunity in central Montgomery County near the head of Thickety Creek. Served by post office, 1883-1915.
Onwardcommunity in SW Montgomery County served by post office, 1887-96.
Ooneroya Tuscarora Indian village on the Roanoke River in Bertie County shown on the Moseley map, 1733. It was a chief town of the Tuscarora; the name meant "gathered together."
Open Branchrises in N Jackson County and flows NW into Hornbuckle Creek.
Open Landor a shrub bog area of approx. 50,000 acres in Carteret County about 12 mi. NE of Beaufort. An attempt to reclaim the area in 1926 was abandoned, but much of it is now included in a large experimental farm.