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Place Description
Carter Mountain

N Buncombe County near the Madison County line.

Carter Pond

S Wayne County in Yellow Swamp.

Carter Top

on the N end of Rich Mountain in NW Jackson County.

Carteret

town est. 1723 to be laid out on the NE side of Roanoke Island, then Bertie, later Tyrrell, and now E Dare County. An act of 1715, without naming the town, attempted to encourage its establishment. A few lots may have been sold by 1733, when it was referred to as "Roanoak Town," but it never developed as planned.

Carteret County

was formed in 1722 from Craven County. Located in the E section of the state, it is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, by Onslow, Jones, and Craven Counties, and by Neuse River and Pamlico Sound. Bogue and Core Sounds separate the Outer Banks from the mainland of the county. It was named for John Carteret (1690-1763), later second Earl Granville, one of the Lords Proprietors. Area: 1,063 sq. mi. (532, land; 531, water). County seat: Beaufort, with an elevation of 9 ft. Townships are Beaufort, Cedar Island, Davis, Harkers Island, Merrimon, Harlowe, Marshallberg, Morehead, Newport, Portsmouth, Smyrna, Straits, and White Oak. Produces corn, soybeans, Irish potatoes, Irish potatoes, hogs, apparel, boxes, boats, and seafood.

Carteret Precinct

Albemarle County, formed by 1681, composed of present Currituck, Pasquotank, and Camden Counties.

Carteret Township

former township of NE Carteret County. Previously a part of Straits Township, now largely Merrimon Township.

Carters Creek

rises in NE Davie County near Hillsdale and flows 3 mi. SE into Yadkin River. Formerly known as Linville Creek.

Carters Falls

SW Surry County on the Yadkin River near Elkin.

Carters Mills

community in N Moore County on Bear Creek. Named for S. M. Carter, in whose house the post office was first opened. A mill there was est. about 1790 by Nicholas Nall, who also had a tavern there on the old Salem-Fayetteville road.