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Place	Description
Paint Fork	rises in E Madison County and flows SE to join California Creek in forming Little Ivy Creek.
Paint Fork	community in N Buncombe County on the stream of the same name. Alt. 2,455.
Paint Fork	community in E Madison County on Paint Fork.
Paint Fork Gap	N Buncombe County near the headwaters of Paint Fork.
Paint Gap	on the Madison-Yancey county line.
Paint Gap	W Yancey County on Horton Creek.
Paint Gap	community in W Yancey County on Indian Creek at the mouth of Horton Creek. Alt. 2,676.
Paint Hill	SE Moore County. Indians made red paint from stones found at the site, hence the name. Alt. 640.
Paint Mountain	SW Swain County between Big Creek and Right Fork [Wesser Creek].
Paint Rock	community in W Madison County on French Broad River. Inc. 1891; charter repealed 1895. Early landmark, site of a blockhouse to protect settlers from Indians, 1793. Figures on a rock cliff there appeared to early settlers to be paintings. Appears as Painted Rock on the Price map, 1808. Alt. 1,265.