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Open RidgeS Yancey County between Rock Creek and South Toe River.
Opening, Thea clay and swamp area in E Pitt County between the head of Clayroot Swamp and Chicod Creek.
Ophircommunity in N Montgomery County served by post office, 1883-1933. Settled shortly after the middle of the nineteenth century in the midst of a gold-producing area and named for the land furnishing gold for King Solomon's Temple in biblical days. Now an agricultural and timber-producing community.
Ophir TownshipNW Montgomery County.
Oporauckan otherwise unidentified designation appearing on the Comberford map, 1657, shown parallel with what is now Scuppernong River in Washington and Tyrrell Counties.
Opossum Swamprises in W Sampson County and flows S into Little Coharie Creek.
Oracommunity in central Sampson County served by post office, 1886-1902.
Orangecommunity in W Sampson County between Caesar Swamp and Little Coharie Creek.
Orange Countywas formed in 1752 from Johnston, Bladen, and Granville Counties. Located in the central section of the state, it is bounded by Durham, Chatham, Alamance, Caswell, and Person Counties. It has long been said that the county was named for William III (1650-1702) of the House of Orange, who ruled England from 1689 to 1702. However, in 1752, when the county was formed, the infant William V (1748-1806) of Orange was Stadtholder, and his mother, Anne, daughter of George II of England, controlled affairs of state. It seems reasonable to assume that Orange County was named in honor of William V of Orange (and perhaps also to flatter his grandfather, George II of England) instead of for William III, who had been dead for 50 years. Area: 398 sq. mi. County seat: Hillsborough, with an elevation of 543 ft. Townships are Bingham, Cedar Grove, Chapel Hill, Cheeks, Eno, Hillsborough, and Little River. Produces corn, tobacco, wheat, oats, dairy products, barley, poultry, livestock, hogs, textiles, furniture, pyrophyllite, and crushed stone.
Orange Factorycommunity on Little River in N Durham County formerly known as Laura Cotton Mill. Once operated by Willard Manufacturing Company.