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Sandy RiverSee First Broad River.
Sandy Runrises in S Cumberland County and flows SE into Rockfish Creek.
Sandy Runrises in NE Duplin County and flows SE on the Duplin-Wayne county line until it enters Northeast Cape Fear River.
Sandy Runrises in N Greene County and flows SE into Middle Swamp. Appears on the Collet map, 1770. Known as Horn Swamp until some time between 1760 and 1767.
Sandy Runrises in S Moore County and flows SW into Deep Creek.
Sandy Runrises in SE Northampton County and flows SE into Roanoke River. For a part of its course, it forms the boundary between Northampton and Bertie Counties. Mentioned in local records as early as 1722.
Sandy Run Branchrises in N Duplin County and flows SW into Northeast Cape Fear River.
Sandy Run Creekrises in central Burke County and flows N into Hunting Creek.
Sandy Run Creekrises in E Rutherford County and flows SE into Cleveland County, where it enters Broad River.
Sandy Run Swamprises in W Onslow County and flows SW into Pender County, where it enters Holly Shelter Creek.