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Weston KnobS Buncombe County S of Merrill Mountain.
Westovercommunity in W central Wake County; formerly the site of Thompson, a railroad station. Settled 1917 and named for Westover, Md. Alt. 325.
Westovercommunity in NW Washington County. Alt. 17. A post office, White Marsh, was est. there in 1878 and continued until 1886. A 450-acre tract of land there owned by Surveyor General Edward Moseley (1682-1749) was known as White Marsh, a name that appears on the Moseley map, 1733.
Westovercommunity in NE Wilson County. A post office operated there, March-December 1900.
Westrytown in E central Nash County. Settled about 1880; inc. 1909. Named for an early settler. Alt. 125.
Wests Branchrises in N Macon County and flows S into Matlock Creek.
Wests Coveon a tributary of Cowee Creek in N Macon County.
Wests Crossroadscommunity in E Lenoir County.
Wests Millcommunity on Cowee Creek in N Macon County. In 1767 Thomas Griffiths, a South Carolina planter, shipped several tons of fine white clay, taken from a nearby pit, to the Wedgwood potteries in England.
Wet Ash Swamprises in Green Swamp in W Brunswick County and flows W into Waccamaw River.