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Fox Creekrises in W Granville County and flows S into Shelton Creek.
Fox Creekrises in E Madison County and flows S into Laurel Creek.
Fox Creekrises in W Yancey County and flows SE into Bald Creek.
Fox GapNW Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Twentymile Ridge between the head of Fox Branch and Hamilton Hollow.
Fox Grape Branchrises in NE Brunswick County and flows W into Columbus County, where it enters Dams Creek.
Fox Island FallsSee Foxes Island.
Fox KnobNW Yadkin County at the NE end of the Brushy Mountains. Alt. 1,590. Also known as Star Peak.
Fox Mountaincentral Polk County NE of Columbus. Alt. 1,500.
Fox's MountainNW Iredell County. Named for Fox family, owners in twentieth century. Formerly known as Shumaker Mountain for early settlers. In the mid-twentieth century, "an authentic Western town" called Love Valley was constructed on the S side of the mountain.
Foxes Islandcentral Harnett County in Cape Fear River NW of Lillington. Mentioned in Fulton's survey of North Carolina rivers in 1819 and appears on the MacRae map, 1833. A series of low falls or rapids there, known as Fox Island Falls, drop between 5 and 10 ft. over a distance of about a quarter of a mile.