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Turkey Pen Gapon Forge Mountain in W Henderson County.
Turkey Pen HollowNW Cherokee County, through which an unnamed stream flows SE into Copper Creek.
Turkey PointS Onslow County at the mouth of Turkey Creek. Appears in local records as early as 1734.
Turkey Quarter CreekNW Craven County, a channel of water separated from the main body of Neuse River by a large swampy island.
Turkey Quartersname applied to a portion of what is now Pender County by Barbadian explorers in 1663 because of the many turkeys killed there. Appears on the Ogilby map, 1671, but otherwise no longer used.
Turkey RidgeSE Buncombe County between Johnson Cove and Briar Branch.
Turkey Swamprises in S Martin County and flows S into Tranters Creek.
Turkey SwampSee Turkey Creek.
Turkey TailSee Glen Alpine.
Turkey TownshipE Sampson County.