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Town Mountain Gapcentral Buncombe County in the Elk Mountains.
Town Pointcentral Onslow County at the N end of Farnell Bay and the S end of Morgan Bay. Now within the Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Air Station.
Town SwampSW Bertie County, a part of the larger Broadneck Swamp. Probably named for a Tuscarora Indian town in the vicinity, abandoned before 1800.
Townhouse Branchrises in SW Swain County and flows SE into Nantahala River.
Townhouse Creekrises in NE Cherokee County below Old Mattie Ridge and flows S into Welch Mill Creek.
Townhouse RidgeNE Cherokee County between Welch Mill Creek and Townhouse Creek. Alt. 2,523.
Townsendcommunity in SE Cumberland County.
Townsendcommunity in SW Watauga County.
Townsend GapS Watauga County near the head of Clark Creek.
Townsvilletown in N Vance County between Little Island Creek and SE prong of Kerr Lake. Alt. 421. James Lyne operated a store there about 1780, and the surrounding community was named Lynesville, the name by which it appears on the MacRae map, 1833. Inc. in 1857 and named for Edmund Towne, who donated land for a railway station. Served by post office since 1855.