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community in N central Greene County. A noted pre-Civil War plantation house of the name still exists there and gave its name to the community. Probably named for Castor, one of the Greek mythological Dioscuri twins.

community in W Caswell County. Known as Dove's Crossroads until about 1962.

See Point Caswell.

the S beach front on Oak Island, SE Brunswick County.

rises in SW Warren County and flows S into Shocco Creek.

was formed in 1777 from Orange County. In the N central section of the state, it is bounded by the state of Virginia and by Person, Orange, Alamance, and Rockingham Counties. It was named for Richard Caswell (1729-89), member of the First Continental Congress, major general in the Revolutionary War, and first governor of the state of North Carolina. Area: 435 sq. mi. County seat: Yanceyville, with an elevation of 619 ft. Townships are Anderson, Dan River, Hightowers, Leasburg, Locust Hill, Milton, Pelham, Stony Creek, and Yanceyville. Produces wheat, oats, corn, tobacco, livestock, hogs, textiles, meat, clothing, lumber, crushed stone, and sand.

See Yanceyville.

one of the districts into which Caswell County was divided at the time of the 1790 census. It contained 201 heads of families.

W Pender County.

See Poorhouse Run.