Trail Ridge | S Macon County between Cunningham Creek and Henson Creek. |
Trailbranch | community in SE Madison County. A post office operated there, 1876-1905. |
Tramaskecooc | Indian village, appears on the White map, 1585, at or near the present location of Cherry Ridge Landing, which see, S Tyrrell or N Hyde County near the head of Alligator River. The tribal affiliation of the Indians is uncertain, although the Secotan Indians were active in the area. The name of the village is said to have meant either "beavers" or "people of the white-cedar swamps." |
Tramble Gap | SE Henderson County near the North Carolina-South Carolina line. |
Tramway | community in W Lee County. Named because it was the terminus of a tramroad from Cameron. A Civil War drill ground was approx. 1 mi. S of Tramway. |
Tranquility | community in S Granville County served by post office, 1839-56. |
Transon | community in E Ashe County served by post office, 1888-1926 and 1937-53. Alt. 3,300. |
Transylvania County | was formed in 1861 from Henderson and Jackson Counties. Located in the W section of the state, it is bounded by the state of South Carolina and by Jackson, Haywood, and Henderson Counties. Its name is a combination of two Latin words, trans (across) and sylva (woods). Area: 379 sq. mi. County seat: Brevard, with an elevation of 2,230 ft. Townships are Boyd, Brevard, Catheys Creek, Dunns Rock, Estatoe, Gloucester, Hogback, and Little River. Produces corn, hay, Christmas trees, apples and other fruits and vegetables, poultry, dairy products, livestock, hogs, lumber, paper products, wood products, baked goods, chemicals, textiles, crushed stone, asbestos, sand, and mica. |
Tranters Creek | rises in SW Martin County and flows SE on the Pitt-Martin county line and S on the Pitt-Beaufort county line into Tar River near the point at which it becomes the Pamlico River. Appears on the Moseley map, 1733. The creek was the site of a Civil War battle, June 5, 1862. |
Trantham Creek | rises in SE Buncombe County near Flat Top Mountain and flows SW into Cane Creek. |