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Place	Description
Otter Creek Township	former township in S Edgecombe County, now township no. 9. Earlier known as Autreys Creek Township.
Otter Gap	NW Macon County between Long Branch and Otter Creek.
Otter Mountain	NW Macon County between Cold Spring Creek and the head of Jane Otter Branch.
Otters Knob	See Arturs Knob.
Otto	town in S Macon County. Alt. 2,060. Inc. 1909, but long inactive in municipal affairs.
Otway	community in E Carteret County near the mouth of Ward Creek. Settled about 1800. Named for Otway Burns (1775-1848), captain of a privateer vessel in the War of 1812. Alt. 5.
Ouaniche	See Wananish.
Outer Banks	are a string of low, narrow, sandy islands extending for more than 175 mi. from the Virginia state line to below Cape Lookout. They are separated from the mainland of North Carolina by broad, shallow sounds. Narrow inlets through the Outer Banks provide access to the Atlantic Ocean from the sounds. The Outer Banks, from N to s, are Currituck Banks, Bodie Island, Pea Island, Hatteras Island, Ocracoke Island, Portsmouth Island, Core Banks, Shackleford Banks, and Bogue Banks. In 1709 John Lawson wrote of the "Sand Banks." In 1713 the term "Sea Banks" was used in describing them (see Shackleford Banks). See also Carolarns Islands; Croatoan Island.
Outer Diamond Shoal	See Diamond Shoals.
Outlaws Bridge	community in NE Duplin County.