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Trull CoveE Cherokee County, through which a short tributary of Slow Creek flows.
Trumpet Branchrises in N central Iredell County and flows S into Rocky Creek just N of Olin. Before the Civil War, Joseph Weisner had an iron foundry there known as Trumpet Branch. It is believed that machinery for antebellum cotton factories in the SE was made there.
Trumpeters Swamprises in S Pender County and flows NW into Merricks Creek.
Trustcommunity in SW Madison County on Spring Creek. Alt. 2,411.
Truthcommunity in SE Chatham County.
Truvinecommunity in E Wayne County served by post office, 1891-92.
Tryontown in SW Polk County. Inc. 1885 as Tryon City. Named for nearby Tryon Mountain, which see. Post office, est. 1855, known as Tryon City. Alt 1,075.
Tryon CitySee Tryon.
Tryon Countywas formed from Mecklenburg County in 1769 and named in honor of William Tryon (1729-88), governor of North Carolina, 1765-71. The county was abolished in 1779 and divided into Lincoln and Rutherford Counties, which see.
Tryon MountainW Polk County above the town of Tryon between Skyuka Creek and Little Cove Creek. Named for William Tryon (1729-88), governor of North Carolina, 1765-71. Named by the Cherokee for the governor in 1767 when a boundary was being est. between white and Cherokee lands. Appears on the Collet map, 1770. Alt. 3,231.